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A comprehensive reference on the current state of research and practice in neuro-rehabilitation

Table of Contents

SECTION 1 TRANSLATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE Neural plasticity and its contribution to functional recovery - N. Sharma, J. Classen and L.G. Cohen; Plasticity of cerebral functions - R.J. Nudo and D. McNeal; Neuroplasticity in the spinal cord - A.N. Kusiak and M.E. Selzer; Neural tissue transplantation, repair and rehabilitation - S.B. Dunnett; Clinical trials in neuro-rehabilitation - A.L. Behrman, M. Bowden and D.K. Rose; Brain-computer interfaces - J.R. Wolpaw

SECTION 2 BASIC PRINCIPLES Epidemiology of neurologically disabling disorders - A. Tennant; Motor learning principles for neuro-rehabilitation - T. Kitago and J.W. Krakauer; Outcome measures in stroke rehabilitation - P. Woods Duncan; Organisation of rehabilitation services - L.A. Graham; Functional neuro-imaging - N.S. Ward

SECTION 3 MANAGEMENT OF FUNCTIONAL PROBLEMS Gait disorders - V. Dietz; The diagnosis and management of adults with spasticity - S. Balakrishnan and A.B. Ward; Neuro-rehabilitation approaches to facilitate motor recovery - V. Hömberg; Neuropathic pain - E. Kerstman, S. Ahn, S. Battu, S. Tariq and M. Grabois; Balance - A.M. Bronstein and M. Pavlou; Neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction - J.N. Panicker, M. de Sèze and C.J. Fowler; Neurogenic bowel - M. Coggrave and C. Norton; Neurological rehabilitation: sexuality and reproductive health - M.L. Aisen; Autonomic dysfunction – recognition, diagnosis, investigation, management and autonomic neurorehabilitation - C.J. Mathias, V. Iodice and D. Low; Dysphagia - G. Malandraki and J-A. Robbins; Disorders of communication – dysarthria - P. Enderby; Rehabilitation robotics - H.I. Krebs and B.T. Volpe; Neurogenic respiratory failure - C.R.K. Hind; Chronic fatigue syndrome - R. Moss-Morris, V. Deary and B. Castell; Other physical consequences of disability - J. MacFarlane

SECTION 4 REHABILITATION OF COGNITIVE, BEHAVIORAL AND EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS Rehabilitation of aphasia - A. Basso, M. Forbes and F. Boller; Apraxia: neural mechanisms and functional recovery - A.L. Foundas; Rehabilitation of spatial neglect - A.R. Riestra and A.M. Barrett; Memory deficits - B.A. Wilson; Rehabilitation and management of executive function disorders - P.J. Eslinger, C.V. Flaherty-Craig and F.M. Chakara; Neurobehavioral disorders - N.D. Zasler, M.F. Martelli and H.E.Jacobs; Emotional disorders in neurological rehabilitation - A. House and C. Hosker

SECTION 5 SPECIFIC DISORDERS Traumatic and non-traumatic brain injury - A. Giustini, C. Pistarini and C. Pisoni; Traumatic spinal cord injury - H. Binder; Stroke - H. Rodgers; Neuro-rehabilitation in Parkinson’s disease - N. Archibald, N. Miller and L. Rochester; Cerebral Palsy - R.M. Kent; Multiple sclerosis - J. Zajicek; Rehabilitation of the muscular dystrophies - P.H. Pangilinan and J.E. Hornyak; Rehabilitation of motor neuron disease - Z. Simmons; Rehabilitation of brachial plexus and peripheral nerve disorders - K.R. Scott, A. Ahmed, L. Scott and M.J. Kothari