Nationwide there has been an increase in demand for rehabilitation services brought on by an increasingly aging population and improved survival rates after stroke due to advancing medical care and technology. This is a clinical reference that maps out the rehabilitative care of stroke patients. This title covers everything from clinical presentation, to rehabilitation psychological treatments. · Covers clinical presentations. · Treatment during acute rehabilitation. · Complete coverage of deficits of function, medical complications, and pain syndromes. · Very practical orientation. · Complete coverage of the rehabilitation process, from acute care to inpatient care to outpatient care
Beginning with detailed information on risk factors, epidemiology, prevention, and neurophysiology, the book details the acute and long-term treatment of all stroke-related impairments and complications.
This 2nd edition remains the only comprehensive evidence-based text on the Occupational Therapy management of the stroke patient. The book is based on the most up-to-date research on stroke rehabilitation...
This open access book focuses on practical clinical problems that are frequently encountered in stroke rehabilitation.
There is also ample evidence from these studies that the motor control of everyday actions is task-specific. Here we will discuss, using the reach-to-grasp movement as an example, how the intended action to be performed with an object ...
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Special Features: Information-packed chapter on "Optimizing Functional Motor Recovery after Stroke," written by J. Carr and R. Shepherd, pioneers in the field and the first to correlate motor learning and stroke recovery Case studies ...
Covering neuroscience and rehabilitation strategies, an essential handbook and reference for multidisciplinary stroke rehabilitation teams.
Based on scientific rationale and the latest clinical research, this book emphasises the training of effective functional motor performance using methods that both provide a stimulus to the acquisition of skill and increase strength, ...
This book is both an introductory text to the rehabilitation of stroke for student therapists and a reference text for qualified therapists.