Dr. John F Ditunno M.D.
Physiatrist (Physical Medicine) | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
132 S 10th St Suite 375 Main Build Philadelphia PA, 19107About
Dr. John Ditunno is a physiatrist practicing in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Ditunno is a medical doctor specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation. As a physiatrist, Dr. Ditunno focuses on a patients ability to function, and can treat multiple conditions that affect the brain, nerves, spine, bones, muscles, joints, ligaments and tendons. Dr. Ditunno can diagnose and treat pain that is a result of injury, disease or a disabling condition. Physiatrists often lead a team of physical therapists, occupational therapists and physicians in a patients treatment or prevention plan.
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Physical Medicine and RehabilitationAmerican Board of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationABPMR
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Cost of walking and locomotor impairment.
- The John Stanley Coulter Lecture. Predicting recovery after spinal cord injury: a rehabilitation imperative.
- Ambulation training of neurological patients on the treadmill with a new Walking Assistance and Rehabilitation Device (WARD).
- The pattern of reflex recovery during spinal shock.
- Multicenter clinical trials to establish the benefit of early intervention in spinal cord injury.
- Walking index for spinal cord injury (WISCI II): scale revision.
- The management of neurogenic bladder and sexual dysfunction after spinal cord injury.
- Establishing prognosis and maximizing functional outcomes after spinal cord injury: a review of current and future directions in rehabilitation management.
- Synergistic tenotomy: effect on chronically denervated slow and fast muscles of rat.
- Prevalence of upper motor neuron vs lower motor neuron lesions in complete lower thoracic and lumbar spinal cord injuries.
- Denervation and reinnervation of fast and slow muscles. A histochemical study in rats.
- Denervation and reinnervation of fast and slow muscles. A histochemical study in rats.
- Patient selection for clinical trials: the reliability of the early spinal cord
- Effects on age on spinal cord lesion patients' rehabilitation.
- Motor power differences within the first two weeks post-SCI in cervical spinal cord-injured quadriplegic subjects.
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