Exercise and the Increase in Activity Level
FIGURE 1 Increasing weight and repetitions for quadriceps exercise. However, rest must occur initially on a nearly continuous schedule; a brief rest follows when each quota is met, even should…
Generalization and the Maintenance of Performance
FIGURE 1 Activity diary. The methods just described illustrate combinations of the patient as his or her own behavioral engineer or reinforcement programmer working with the patient’s environment to provide…
Distorted Gait—A Problem of Shaping
FIGURE 1 Increasing walking speed to inhibit knee buckling. Commentary: Distorted Gait: Biomechanical Implications, Historical Reflections, and Future Directions Steven Z. George and Mark D. Bishop It is a great…
Patient and Spouse Orientation
FIGURE 1. Usual exercise method (work to tolerance) and operant method (work to quota) Let me take a moment to apply those rules to pain problems. That way you can…
The Behavioral Analysis of Pain
FIGURE 1 Schematic criteria for patient selection It is also difficult medically to assess how much pain or functional limitation can reasonably be expected from a given type or amount…
Managing Pain Medications
or original amount. A 3-day R is decreased by 64 3 3 or 192 mg. R/ to pharmacists: Demerol, 1728 mg Bevisol, Plebex, or other liquid B…
Patient Selection
Commentary: Patient Selection – Setting the Stage for Operant Treatment Warren R. Nielson In Chapter 7, Fordyce [18] defines the necessary patient selection criteria for operant treatment and describes key…
Future Research and Directions in Out of Operating Room Anesthesia
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Basavana G. Goudra and Preet Mohinder Singh (eds.)Out of Operating Room Anesthesia10.1007/978-3-319-39150-2_32 32. Future Research and Directions in Out of Operating Room Anesthesia Basavana Goudra1 and Preet Mohinder Singh2 (1) Department of Anesthesiology…
Anesthesia for ERCP
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Basavana G. Goudra and Preet Mohinder Singh (eds.)Out of Operating Room Anesthesia10.1007/978-3-319-39150-2_9 9. Anesthesia for ERCP Rajiv R. Doshi1 and Mary Ann Vann1 (1) Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel…
Anesthesia for Colonoscopy
Minimal sedation/anxiolysis Moderate sedation/analgesia Deep sedation/analgesia General anesthesia Responsiveness Normal response to verbal stimulation Purposeful response to tactile or verbal stimulation (reflex withdrawal to pain is not purposeful) Purposeful…
