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A physiotherapist's guide to understanding and managing ME/CFS / Karen Leslie, Michelle Bull, Nicola Clague-Baker, Natalie Hilliard

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2023Description: 320 pagesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781839971433 (pbk.)
Subject(s):
Contents:
SECTION 1: Understanding ME/CFS -- 1. What is ME/CFS? -- 2. Co-morbidities -- 3. Severe and very severe ME/CFS -- 4. Paediatric ME/CFS -- 5. Management in acute post viral presentations -- SECTION 2: Symptoms and management -- 6. Post exertional malaise -- 7. Fatigue -- 8. Cognitive dysfunction -- 9. Sleep dysfunction -- 10. Pain -- 11. Neurological impairments -- 12. Autonomic dysfunction -- 13. Immune and neuroendocrine dysfunction -- SECTION 3: Physiotherapy assessment and management of ME/CFS -- 14. Assessment -- 15. Energy management -- 16. Packing with a heart rate monitor -- 17. Exercise -- 18. Outcome measures -- SECTION 4: Case studies

SECTION 1: Understanding ME/CFS -- 1. What is ME/CFS? -- 2. Co-morbidities -- 3. Severe and very severe ME/CFS -- 4. Paediatric ME/CFS -- 5. Management in acute post viral presentations -- SECTION 2: Symptoms and management -- 6. Post exertional malaise -- 7. Fatigue -- 8. Cognitive dysfunction -- 9. Sleep dysfunction -- 10. Pain -- 11. Neurological impairments -- 12. Autonomic dysfunction -- 13. Immune and neuroendocrine dysfunction -- SECTION 3: Physiotherapy assessment and management of ME/CFS -- 14. Assessment -- 15. Energy management -- 16. Packing with a heart rate monitor -- 17. Exercise -- 18. Outcome measures -- SECTION 4: Case studies