Includes bibliographical references and index.

Establishing the therapeutic alliance -- The mechanics of movement -- Special environments -- Keeping it clean : maintaining cleanliness in the clinical environment -- Assessing physiological status : vital signs -- Draping for minimum exposure and maximum dignity -- Positioning your patient for mobility -- Transferring dependent patients : safe patient handling and mobility -- Maintaining capacity for mobility through range of motion -- Bed mobility -- Manual lateral transfers : seated and pivot -- Vertical transfers : floor to chair and chair to plinth -- Seated mobility : sitting but not sitting still - fitting and propelling a wheelchair -- Navigating the challenges of ambulating -- Implementing device-specific gait.