Physiotherapy for Adult Neurological Conditions

Buch | Softcover

900 Seiten

2023 | 1st ed. 2022
Springer Verlag, Singapore
978-981-19-0211-6 (ISBN)

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lt;p>This is a comprehensive book on physiotherapy for adult neurological disorders with chapters describing physiotherapy assessment and management for those adult patients in the acute care and rehabilitation units of hospitals or centers. Each chapter additionally provides brief introduction, historical background, etiology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, medical and surgical management. The aim is to help build a theoretical foundation on which principles of management are laid, and to improve and update the readers' clinical and therapeutic skills.

Improving the overall care and management of patients suffering from adult neurological conditions such as stroke, Parkinson's disease, traumatic brain injury, and multiple sclerosis, is the key objective. Supported with ample practical contents (exercise training and therapeutic strategies) and pictures it prepares the readers to effectively manage patients with neurological conditions.

The contents of this book will serve as a guide and source of knowledge of both contemporary and advanced treatment techniques for undergraduate and post-graduate students and therapists practicing worldwide in adult neurological physiotherapy.

Dr. Abraham M. Joshua (MPT Neurosciences, Ph.D.) graduated from Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, is a consultant adult neuro-physiotherapist in Kasturba Medical College Ambedkar Circle Hospital, and an Academician in Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore. Dr. Joshua has over 20 peer-reviewed national and international publications that are Scopus indexed. He serves as a subject expert in the field of stroke rehabilitation and Parkinson’s disease. Dr. Joshua is a board of studies member and a member of the Doctoral Advisory Committee for MAHE and other universities. He has conducted several workshops and delivered several oral presentations in national and international conferences and meetings.

1 NEUROPLASTICITY 2 THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES 2A Rood's Sensorimotor Approach 2B BOBATH APPROACH 2C BRUNNSTROM'S APPROACH 2D PROPRIOCEPTIVE NEUROMUSCULAR FACILITATION IN NEUROREHABILITATION 2E MOTOR RELEARNING PROGRAM 2F CONSTRAINT-INDUCED MOVEMENT THERAPY 3 Stroke 4 EXTRAPYRAMIDAL DISORDERS 5 CEREBELLAR DYSFUNCTION 6 TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY 7 VESTIBULAR REHABILITATION 8 MOTOR NEURON DISEASE 9 MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS 10 INFECTIONS OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM 11 PERIPHERAL NERVE DISORDERS 12 MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES 13 MYASTHENIA GRAVIS 14 PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS 15 NEUROBEHAVIORAL ISSUES IN ADULT NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS 16 GADGETS AND TECHNOLOGIES IN ADULT NEUROLOGICAL PHYSIOTHERAPY

Erscheinungsdatum	23.06.2023
Zusatzinfo	249 Illustrations, color; 6 Illustrations, black and white; XX, 900 p. 255 illus., 249 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Singapore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Physiotherapie / Ergotherapie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
Schlagworte	Assessment and Treatment • Clinical Manifestations • Neurological Physiotherapy • Neurorehabilitation • Therapeutic Exercise
ISBN-10	981-19-0211-9 / 9811902119
ISBN-13	978-981-19-0211-6 / 9789811902116
Zustand	Neuware