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Authors: Gary Karp

Tags: #Health & Fitness, #Physical Impairments, #Juvenile Nonfiction, #Health & Daily Living, #Medical, #Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, #Physiology, #Philosophy, #General

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Stone floors,
365
Stones (gall and kidney),
87
,
92
,
94
,
113
Storage,
388
Storm doors,
364
Stoves,
352
Streets,
391
Strength.
See also
weakness
braces and,
28
breathing and,
35
defined,
352
dressing and,
31
elasticity and,
70
exercise and,
100
power chairs and,
197
rehab and,
23–24
scoliosis and,
77
shoulders and,
70
Stress,
68
,
73
,
81
,
84–86
,
90
Stretching,
24–25
,
35
,
61
,
65
,
107–108
Strokes,
2
,
330
,
438
,
448
Substance abuse,
166–167
,
289
.
See also
alcohol
Subways,
395
Suctioning,
37
Sugar,
82
,
94
Suicidal feelings,
38
,
147–149
,
155
,
163
Sunburn,
55
Sunlight,
60
Supplements,
106
Support.
See also
caregivers; emotional support; family; peer support; rehabilitation; resources; specific sources of support
adjustment and,
135
building,
48
emotional,
142
,
153–155
importance of,
178
parenting,
286
,
287
wheelchair,
226

(

See also
cushions; seats and backs)
Support groups,
154
Suppositories,
98
Supracor
®
,
218–219
Suprapubic catheters,
93–94
Supreme Court (US),
450
,
453
SureHands system,
375
Surfaces,
389
.
See also
carpets; floors; rugs
Surgery
bladder and,
97
catheters and,
93
heterotopic heterotopic ossification and,
59
omentum transposition,
317–318
pain and,
63
,
69
pressure sores and,
71
scoliosis and,
78–79
sores and,
75
spasms and,
82
,
83–84
stones and,
87
tethering and,
304
Surrogate partners,
268
Suspension,
232–233
Sweating,
56
,
66
Swelling,
72
Swimming,
432
Switches, light,
368
,
385
Synapses,
301
Syringomyelia,
80
Syringomyelia (spinal cysts),
63–64
T6,
294
T10,
275
,
281
,
288
,
293
T12, above,
28
,
29
,
88
,
288
Table clearance,
367
T8 and above,
55
Target shooting,
33
,
430–431
Tax credits,
347
Tax incentives,
419
,
424
Tea,
81
,
94
Team leadership,
17
Teamwork
(Nordensson and Kelley),
123
Technology, adaptive,
9–11
,
444
.
See also
computers
Teenage years,
175–176
Teens on Target,
22–23
Teftec,
198
Telephones and intercoms,
372–373
,
387
,
407–408
,
412–413
Telerehab,
8
Temporary ramps,
358
Temporary work,
424
Tinactin
®
spray,
75
Tendonitis,
65
Tendons,
24
,
65
,
83–84
,
114
Tennis,
434
Tenotomy,
83
TENS (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation),
69
Tepper, Mitch,
246
Tessier-Lavigne, Marc,
312
Test-tube babies,
292
Tethering,
304
Texas catheters,
96
Theatres,
394–395
Therapists,
19–20
,
350
.
See also
counselors; psychotherapy
Thermostats,
371
Thinking,
85
,
330
Thoracic outlet syndrome,
65–66
Thought patterns,
146–147
Three Rivers,
209
Thrombophlebitis,
284
Through the Looking Glass,
287
Thumb latches,
363
Ticket To Work,
420
Tijuana (Mexico),
317
Tile floors,
365
Tilt-and-recline systems,
226
,
233–234
Tilt systems,
212
,
213
Timers,
369
Timing (birth control),
285
Tipping back,
239
,
241
Tipping over,
213
,
220
,
233
,
358
,
389
,
427
Tires,
211
,
229–231
,
389
TiSport,
204
Titanium,
204
Title I,
424
Tizanidine,
82
Tobacco,
68
Toe-in/toe-out,
206–207
Toes,
56
,
60
,
75
,
79
,
173
,
229
Toilets,
31
,
377–378
,
380
.
See also
bathrooms
Touch, painful,
325
Trace Center (WI),
412
Tracheal tubes,
36–37
,
74–75
Tracheostomy,
36
Tragedy, sense of,
135–137
Trains,
406
,
409
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS),
69
Transfers
airplanes and,
402
bathrooms and,
30–31
,
377–378
,
380
exercise and,
102
FES and,
329
fractures and,
60
independence and,
112
learning how,
26
,
29
pain and,
65
shoulders and,
24
,
70
spasms and,
80
stress and,
84
wheelchair features and,
223
,
224
,
235
Transition to home,
47
Transplants,
317
,
321
,
324
.
See also
stem cells
Transportation,
395–396
,
419
,
420
,
451
.
See also
travel;
specific methods
Transverse myelitis,
80
Traumatic brain injury,
24
,
53
,
60
,
330
,
437
.
See also
cognitive problems
Travel.
See also
transportation
baths and,
378
children and,
287
overview,
400–409
resources,
445–446
sports and,
427
,
433
wheelchairs and,
196
,
202
,
236
,
237
Travis, Roberta,
270
Trigger points,
64
,
107
Triple A (AAA),
409
Tubal ligations,
287
Tubs,
378–381
,
388
Tumors,
80
Turning,
231
,
353
Tutoring,
425
Ultrasounds,
87
,
95
United Cerebral Palsy,
10
United Spinal,
409
United States Quad Rugby Association,
430
Universal Design,
342–344
,
349
,
350
,
356
,
374
,
390
University of Buffalo,
356
University of California (Berkeley),
392
University of California (San Diego),
308
,
311
University of California (San Francisco),
312
University of Cambridge,
324
University of Illinois,
40
,
328
University of Kyoto (Japan),
316
University of Miami,
291
,
304
University of Michigan,
5
,
15
,
311–312
,
416
University of North Carolina,
320
,
356
University of Pittsburgh,
210
University of Southern California (Los Angeles),
328
University of Texas at Dallas,
325
University of Utah,
325
University of Virginia,
326
University of Wisconsin,
412
University of Zurich,
306
,
324
Upholstery,
222
,
225
,
227
Urethane honeycomb cushions,
218–219
Urinary tract infections (UTIs),
56
,
86–88
,
95
,
97–98
,
114
,
289
,
327
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission,
376
U.S. Food and Drug Administration,
182–183
US Department of Housing and Urban Development,
348
Utilities,
370
,
371
,
388
Utility rooms,
388
UTIs.
See
urinary tract infections
Vaginal condoms,
285
Valium
®
,
82
,
83
,
293

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