Neurological rehabilitation : optimizing motor performance / Janet H. Carr and Roberta B. Shepherd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carr, Janet H.

Contributor:

Shepherd, Roberta B.

Harold Lefkoe Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Movement disorders--Physical therapy.

Movement disorders.

Movement disorders--Patients--Rehabilitation.

Neuromuscular diseases--Physical therapy.

Neuromuscular diseases.

Nervous System Diseases--rehabilitation.

Physical Therapy Modalities.

Motor Skills.

Physical therapy.

Medical Subjects:

Nervous System Diseases--rehabilitation.

Physical Therapy Modalities.

Motor Skills.

Physical Description:

viii, 350 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, [1998]

Contents:

Part 1 Introduction: Adaptation, Training and Measurement 1

1 The adaptive system: plasticity and recovery 3

2 Training motor control, increasing strength and fitness and promoting skill acquisition 23

3 Measurement 47

Part 2 Task-Related Exercise and Training 69

4 Standing up and sitting down 71

5 Walking 93

6 Reaching and manipulation 126

7 Balance 154

Part 3 Impairment and Disability Associated with Brain Lesion 183

8 The upper motor neuron syndrome 185

9 Cerebellar ataxia 205

10 Somatos sensory and perceptual-cognitive impairments 222

11 Stroke 242

12 Traumatic brain injury 279

13 Parkinson's disease 305

14 Multiple sclerosis 332.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Harold Lefkoe Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0750609710

OCLC:

37879091