Neurological Rehabilitation: Optimizing Motor Performance

Carr MA EdD (Columbia) FACP, Janet H. and Shepherd MA EdD (Columbia) FACP, Roberta B.

ISBN 10: 0750609710 / ISBN 13: 9780750609715

Editore: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1998

Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine. Codice articolo CHL2062845

Riassunto:

Neurological Rehabilitation is a completely revised and thoroughly updated replacement for Physiotherapy in Disorders of the Brain which was published in June 1980. Many advances have been in the understanding and treatment of adults with injuries to the brain, whether caused by accident or disease, and this book will incorporate these changes.

Contenuti: Preface; Acknowledgements; Part one: Introduction: Adaptation, Training and Measurement: The adaptive system: plasticity and recovery; Training motor control, increasing strength and fitness, promoting skill acquisition; Measurement; Part two: Task-related Exercise and Training: Standing up and sitting down; Walking; Reaching and manipulation; Balance; Part three: Impairment and Disability Associated with Brain Lesion: The upper motor neuron syndrome; Cerebellar ataxia; Somatos sensory and perceptual-cognitive impairments; Stroke; Traumatic brain injury; Parkinson's disease; Multiple sclerosis; Index.

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Titolo: Neurological Rehabilitation: Optimizing ...
Casa editrice: Butterworth-Heinemann
Data di pubblicazione: 1998
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Used; Very Good