Neurorehabilitation
Chapter 6
Neurorehabilitation
3 topics
- 29Neurorehabilitation after stroke. Functional assessment, rehabilitation goals, motor recovery, prevention of secondary complications, and a multidisciplinary approachHow rehabilitation helps the brain relearn after a stroke, from measuring what was lost and setting goals to the methods of motor recovery, the complications that must be prevented from the first day, and the team that does the work.
- 30Neurorehabilitation in Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, and peripheral nervous system disorders. Functional assessment, major rehabilitation problems, and PRM interventionsRehabilitation in three kinds of nervous system disease, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis and disorders of the peripheral nerves, with the problems each one brings, how they are measured and the exercise, modalities and aids that keep people moving.
- 31PRM interventions for disorders of the spine and spinal cord. Degenerative spinal disorders, intervertebral disc disease, disc herniation, and radiculopathies. Spinal cord injuries. Functional assessment, prevention of secondary complications, and comprehensive rehabilitationHow rehabilitation helps a worn or injured spine and a damaged spinal cord. The page covers degenerative spinal disorders, disc disease, disc herniation and radiculopathy, then spinal cord injury, how each is assessed, which complications to prevent and how a whole rehabilitation programme fits together.