Overview
- Offers a contemporary understanding of spasticity including central and peripheral mechanisms
- Details comprehensive management using traditional and cutting-edge approaches
- Includes practical treatment algorithms for improvement of movement and function
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Pathophysiology and Assessment
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Treatment
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Preeti Raghavan, MBBS, is Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Neurology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Director of the Center of Excellence for Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation at the Sheikh Khalifa Stroke Institute. She also directs the Motor Recovery Research Laboratory where she leads a team of researchers to develop innovative therapeutic strategies to enhance recovery after stroke and other forms of brain injury.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Spasticity and Muscle Stiffness
Book Subtitle: Restoring Form and Function
Editors: Preeti Raghavan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96900-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-96899-1Published: 13 September 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-96902-8Published: 14 September 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-96900-4Published: 12 September 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 321
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 105 illustrations in colour
Topics: Rehabilitation, Neurology, Physiotherapy