Rehabilitation Medicine (Part 1)

About the Video:
Physical rehabilitation plays an important role in helping people recover from spinal cord injuries, stroke, and orthopaedic injuries. There are some new approaches to this type of medicine that are helping people regain function and have a better quality of life.

In part one of this two-part interview with Ellen Beth Levitt, Dr. Peter Gorman discusses a variety of topics pertaining to rehabilitation medicine. Some of these topics include:

Goals of rehabilitation
Physical therapy/occupational therapy
Connection between neurology and rehabilitation
Robotic training and research for rehabilitation
Stroke rehab using treadmills and robotic hand device
Electrical stimulation and rehabilitation

About the Expert:
Dr. Peter Gorman is the chief of Rehabilitation Medicine at Kernan Hospital. He is also an associate professor of Neurology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

Related Links:

Dr. Peter Gorman
http://www.umm.edu/doctors/peter_h_gorman.html

Rehabilitation Medicine (Part 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAFJ_VwDMKA

UMMC Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery
http://www.umm.edu/neurosciences/index.htm

UMMC Center for Neurorehabilitation
http://www.umm.edu/postacute/neuro_rehab.htm

Overview: Rehabilitation
http://www.umm.edu/neurosciences/rehabilitation.htm

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Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• gorman
• peter gorman
• rehabilitation
• rehab
• spinal cord injuries
• stroke
• orthopaedic injuries
• physical therapy
• occupational therapy
• neurology
• neurorehabilitation
• robotic training
• electrical stimulation
• mht
• ummc

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