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Spasticity and its management with physical therapy applications with multiple sclerosis patients / Kadriye Armutlu, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Neurodegenerative Diseases - Laboratory and Clinical Research
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Spasticity--Physical therapy.
- Spasticity.
- Muscles--Diseases--Physical therapy.
- Muscles.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (204 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This work focuses on the use of physical therapy applications for the management of spasticity, a symptom which leads to complex outcomes in multiple sclerosis patients through interaction with other symptoms of the disease.
- Contents:
- Overview of MS
- Spasticity
- MS and spasticity
- Posture and body mechanics
- Neurophysiological basis of facilitation and inhibition techniques
- Evaluation of the patient and measurement of spasticity
- Physiotherapy applications
- Relaxation and energy conservation techniques
- Case history : problem solving.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-61122-568-X
- OCLC:
- 923658922
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