Spasticity : diagnosis and management / [edited by] Allison Brashear, Elie Elovic.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brashear, Allison.

Elovic, Elie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spasticity.

Muscle Spasticity--diagnosis.

Muscle Spasticity--therapy.

Extremities--physiopathology.

Motor Neuron Disease.

Muscle Spasticity--etiology.

Medical Subjects:

Muscle Spasticity--diagnosis.

Muscle Spasticity--therapy.

Extremities--physiopathology.

Motor Neuron Disease.

Muscle Spasticity--etiology.

Physical Description:

xv, 448 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Demos Medical Pub., [2011]

Contents:

Why is spasticity important? / Allison Brashear and Elie Elovic

Epidemiology of spasticity in the adult and child / John R. McGuire

Spasticity and other signs of the upper motor neuron syndrome / Nathaniel H. Mayer

Ancillary findings associated with spasticity / Cindy B. Ivanhoe

Measurement tools and treatment outcomes in patients with spasticity / Omar Gomez-Medina and Elie Elovic

Assessment of spasticity in upper extremity / Thomas Watanabe

Assessment of spasticity and other consequences of the upper motor neuron syndrome affecting the lower limb / Alberto Esquenazi

Setting realistic and meaningful goals for treatment / Elie Elovic

Chemoneurolysis with phenol and alcohol : a "dying art" that merits revival / Lawrence J. Horn, Gurtej Singh, and Edward R. Dabrowski

Botulinum toxin in the treatment of lower limb spasticity / Alberto Esquenazi

Botulinum toxin in the treatment of upper limb spasticity / Allison Brashear

Anatomical correlation of common patterns of spasticity / Mayank Pathak and Daniel Truong

The role of physical and occupational therapy in the evaluation and management of spasticity / Robert Shingleton, Jonathan H. Kinzinger, and Elie Elovic

Emerging technologies in the management of upper motor neuron syndromes / Ira Rashbaum and Steven R. Flanagan

Pharmacologic management of spasticity : oral medications / Jay M. Meythaler and Scott Kowalski

Intrathecal baclofen for spasticity / Michael Saulino ... [et al.]

Surgery in the management of spasticity / David A. Fuller

Diagnostic evaluation of adult patients with spasticity / Geoffrey Sheean

Overview of genetic causes of spasticity in adults and children / Donald McCorquordale III and Stephan Züchner

Spasticity affecting those with neuromuscular diseases : pathology, epidemiology, and treatment / Rachel M. Dolhun and Peter D. Donofrio

Spasticity due to disease of the spinal cord : pathophysiology, epidemiology, and treatment / Heather W. Walker and Steven Kirshblum

Spasticity due to multiple sclerosis : epidemiology, pathophysiology and treatment / Anjali Shah and Ian Maitin

Spasticity due to stroke pathophysiology / Anthony B. Ward and Surendra Bandi

Spasticity in traumatic brain injury / Ross Zafonte, Stephanie Co, and Anath Srikrishnan

Evaluation, treatment planning, and nonsurgical treatment of cerebral palsy / Ann Tilton

Surgical management of spasticity in the child with cerebral palsy / Kat Kolaski, John Frino, and L.A. Koman

Animal models of spasticity / Patrick Harvey Kitzman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781933864518

1933864516

OCLC:

642278569