Quick Reference Neuroscience for Rehabilitation Professionals

The Essential Neurologic Principles Underlying Rehabilitation Practice

Sharon A. Gutman (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

368 Seiten

2007 | 2nd Revised edition
SLACK Incorporated (Verlag)
978-1-55642-800-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Addresses the information needed to understand the neuroscience of clinical rehabilitation. This book describes basic neuroanatomical structures and functions, neuropathology underlying specific clinical conditions, and theories supporting clinical treatment.

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"Quick Reference NeuroScience for Rehabilitation Professionals: The Essential Neurologic Principles Underlying Rehabilitation Practice, Second Edition" is a user-friendly, comprehensive text that specifically addresses the key information needed to understand the neuroscience of clinical rehabilitation. This updated Second Edition is designed to provide complex information in a quick, easy-to-use format that is beneficial to students and rehabilitation professionals.Dr. Sharon A. Gutman designed "Quick Reference NeuroScience for Rehabilitation Professionals, Second Edition" to provide easy-to-understand explanations of complex neurologic phenomena. The text describes basic neuroanatomical structures and functions, neuropathology underlying specific clinical conditions, and theories supporting clinical treatment.It includes: user-friendly, bulleted outline format; italicized key concepts for easy scanning and identification; color illustrations to help visualize the location of neuroanatomical structures; new clinical test questions; new text boxes outlining neurologic conditions and treatments; and, updated and expanded glossary with both clinical and neurological terms.Including accessible information, color illustrations, new test questions, and updated features, "Quick Reference NeuroScience for Rehabilitation Professionals: The Essential Neurologic Principles Underlying Rehabilitation Practice, Second Edition" is a dynamic text for all students and clinicians in occupational therapy, physical therapy, and other areas of rehabilitation.

Autor

Sharon A. Gutman, PhD, OTR, is currently an associate professor in Programs in Occupational Therapy at Columbia University. Her clinical expertise lies in the treatment of adults with traumatic brain injury and psychiatric disability. In the last two decades, she has taught courses and written journal articles and books regarding (a) the fundamentals of clinical neuroscience, (b) the neurologic basis of rehabilitation practices, and (c) the neurologic basis of pathological conditions including traumatic brain injury and psychiatric disability.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.3.2008
• Zusatzinfo: Illustrations
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Physiotherapie / Ergotherapie ► Rehabilitation
• ISBN-10: 1-55642-800-6 / 1556428006
• ISBN-13: 978-1-55642-800-5 / 9781556428005
• Zustand: Neuware