Neurological rehabilitation : optimizing motor performance

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.

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Janet Carr EdD Dip Phty FACP: Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Australia
Roberta Shepherd EdD Dip Phty FACP: Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Australia

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. ix
Part 1 Introduction: Adaptation, Training and Measurement	p. 1
1 The adaptive system: plasticity and recovery	p. 3
2 Training motor control, increasing strength and fitness and promoting skill acquisition	p. 23
3 Measurement	p. 47
Part 2 Task-Related Exercise and Training	p. 69
4 Standing up and sitting down	p. 71
5 Walking	p. 93
6 Reaching and manipulation	p. 126
7 Balance	p. 154
Part 3 Impairment and Disability Associated with Brain Lesion	p. 183
8 The upper motor neuron syndrome	p. 185
9 Cerebellar ataxia	p. 205
10 Somatos sensory and perceptual-cognitive impairments	p. 222
11 Stroke	p. 242
12 Traumatic brain injury	p. 279
13 Parkinson's disease	p. 305
14 Multiple sclerosis	p. 332
Index	p. 343

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