Spinal cord injury
Chapter 4 Spinal cord injury Sue Paddison, Frederick Middleton Contents Introduction 54 Incidence and aetiology 54 Terminology 55 Paraplegia 55 Tetraplegia 55 Types of spinal cord injury 55 Pathogenesis 56…
NEUROLOGY
Physical management of altered tone and movement
Chapter 14 Physical management of altered tone and movement Cherry Kilbride, Elizabeth Cassidy Contents Introduction 289 Overview of upper motor neurone syndrome 290 Positive features 290 Negative features 290 Adaptive…
Motor neurone disease
Chapter 8 Motor neurone disease Samantha Orridge, Emma Stebbings Contents Definition 163 Aetiology and epidemiology 164 Anatomy and pathophysiology 164 Clinical presentation 164 Classical amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 164 Bulbar onset…
Falls and their management
Chapter 20 Falls and their management Dorit Kunkel, Emma Stack Contents Introduction 383 Falls and falling 383 Extent of the problem 385 Causes of falling 385 Consequences of falling 386…
Self-management
Chapter 19 Self-management Fiona Jones Contents Introduction 367 Self-management: what is it and why now? 368 Defining self-management 368 Self-management is not new 370 Individual responses to self-management programmes: theory…
Physical activity and exercise in neurological rehabilitation
Chapter 18 Physical activity and exercise in neurological rehabilitation Bernhard Haas, Amanda Austin Contents Terminology and definitions 349 Introduction and context 349 Being active with a neurological condition 350 Measuring…
Polyneuropathies
Chapter 9 Polyneuropathies Gita Ramdharry Contents Introduction 189 Background physiology 190 Demyelinating polyneuropathies 190 Acute demyelinating polyneuropathy 191 Presentation of Guillain Barré syndrome 191 Management of Guillain Barré syndrome 191…
Rehabilitation in practice: how this book can help you to help your patients
Chapter 1 Rehabilitation in practice how this book can help you to help your patients Emma Stack, Maria Stokes Contents Introduction 1 Rehabilitation: The key skills 1 Rehabilitation: The knowledge…
Huntington’s disease
Chapter 7 Huntington’s disease Monica Busse, Lori Quinn, Oliver Quarrell Contents Introduction 141 Prevalence and aspects of natural history 142 Genetics 142 Pathology 143 Implications of pathology for understanding the…
Muscle disorders
Chapter 10 Muscle disorders Nicola Thompson, Ros Quinlivan Contents Introduction 210 Classification and diagnostic investigations 210 Principles of management 211 The muscular dystrophies 212 Duchenne muscular dystrophy 212 Clinical and…
