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| Edition: | 1st |
| Publisher: | Springer Nature |
| ISBN: | 3-031-86557-X (303186557X) |
| ISBN-13: | 978-3-031-86557-2 (9783031865572) |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Copyright: | 2025 |
| Weight: | 0.00 Lbs. |
| Pages: | 2134 |
| Subject Class: | HRP (Health Related Professions) |
| Remarks: | This Title is Not Yet Published, Scheduled to Release 11/04/25 |
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| Abstract: | Globally, over 1 billion people live with a disability, and 80% of them are in the 152 low-and middle-income nations worldwide. One of every three people worldwide lives with a health condition that benefits from rehabilitation. Physical therapists are essential members of the rehabilitation team that prevent and manage disabilities. Around the world, the demand for physical therapy services is enormous due to changes in the health status and characteristics of the population. People are living longer but with more chronic diseases and disabilities that require physical therapy. Additionally, many people now live with mild and long-term consequences of COVID-19 and need rehabilitation to recover from the illness. Unfortunately, several countries have no resources to respond to the current rehabilitation needs of individuals with such disorders. In some low- and middle-income countries, more than 50% of people who require rehabilitation services do not receive them.The causes of death around the world are determined by the per capita income of each nation.According to the WHO, in 2019, the top ten causes of death in low- and middle-income countries are preventable or treatable conditions - neonatal disorders, lower respiratory infections, ischemic heart disease, stroke, diarrheal diseases, malaria, traffic accidents, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS. On the other hand, the top ten causes of death in high-income countries are chronic health conditions - ischemic heart disease, Alzheimers disease, and other dementia, stroke, trachea, bronchus, lung cancers, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lower respiratory infections, colon and rectum cancers, kidney diseases, hypertensive heart disease, and diabetes mellitus.Improving physical therapy services in low- and middle-income countries will substantially decrease the number of fatalities worldwide. The unique health conditions in low- and middle-income countries are compounded by poverty, socio-political unrest, and limited infrastructure in clinical settings. For example, a patient with spinal cord injury will have a better chance of achieving the highest level of function in high-income countries with adequate access to health care, employment opportunities, and wheelchair-accessible roads and buildings than in low- and middle-income countries where such infrastructures are limited.The top-tier physical therapy books are written in high-income countries with well-developed health systems. Practicing physica |
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