Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians

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1. 01Document examination results, treatment plans, and patients' outcomes.
2. 02Examine patients to assess mobility, strength, communication, or cognition.
3. 03Develop comprehensive plans for immediate and long-term rehabilitation, including therapeutic exercise, speech and occupational therapy, counseling, cognitive retraining, patient, family or caregiver education, or community reintegration.
4. 04Assess characteristics of patients' pain, such as intensity, location, or duration, using standardized clinical measures.
5. 05Monitor effectiveness of pain management interventions, such as medication or spinal injections.
6. 06Provide inpatient or outpatient medical management of neuromuscular disorders, musculoskeletal trauma, acute and chronic pain, deformity or amputation, cardiac or pulmonary disease, or other disabling conditions.
7. 07Consult or coordinate with other rehabilitative professionals, including physical and occupational therapists, rehabilitation nurses, speech pathologists, neuropsychologists, behavioral psychologists, social workers, or medical technicians.
8. 08Prescribe orthotic and prosthetic applications and adaptive equipment, such as wheelchairs, bracing, or communication devices, to maximize patient function and self-sufficiency.
9. 09Diagnose or treat performance-related conditions, such as sports injuries or repetitive-motion injuries.
10. 10Perform electrodiagnosis, including electromyography, nerve conduction studies, or somatosensory evoked potentials of neuromuscular disorders or damage.
11. 11Coordinate physical medicine and rehabilitation services with other medical activities.
12. 12Prescribe physical therapy to relax the muscles and improve strength.

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