Boost your skills in planning and managing physical rehabilitation! Neuroscience: Fundamentals for Rehabilitation, 5th Edition provides a practical guide to the nervous system and how it affects the practice of physical and occupational therapy. Case studies and first-person stories from people with neurologic disorders make it easier to apply your knowledge to the clinical setting. New to this edition is a new chapter on neuroanatomy imaging. Written by noted PT educator Laurie Lundy-Ekman, this book uses evidence-based research to help you understand neurologic disorders and treat clients who have physical limitations due to nervous system damage or disease. INDICE: 1. Introduction to NeurosciencePart 1: Overview of Neurology 2. Neuroanatomy 3. Neurologic Disorders and the Neurologic Exam 4. Atlas and Imaging Part 2: Cellular Level Function 5. Physical and Electrical Properties of Cells in the Nervous System 6. Neural Communication: Synaptic and Extrasynaptic Transmission7. Neuroplasticity Part 3: Development 8. Development of the Nervous System Part 4: Vertical Systems 9. Autonomic Nervous System 10. Peripheral Somatosensory System 11. Central Somatosensory System 12. Pain as a Disease: Neuropathic Pain, Central Sensitivity Syndromes, and Pain Syndromes 13. Motor Neurons and Spinal Region Motor Function14. Motor Tracts 15. The Cerebellum and the Spinocerebellar Pathways16. Basal ganglia: Motor, Executive, Social, Behavioral, and Emotional Functions Part 5: Regions 17. Peripheral Region 18. Spinal Region 19. Cranial Nerves 20. Brainstem Region 21. Visual System 22. Vestibular System 23. Dizziness 24. Cerebrospinal Fluid System 25. Vascular System 26. Cerebrum 27. Frontal Lobe and Medial Temporal Lobe: Goal-Directed Behavior, Self Awareness, Emotions and Behavior, Memory 28. Parietotemporal Association Area: Communication, Spatial Understanding 29. Cerebral Blood Supply, Stroke, Disorders of Vascular Formation, Cerebral Edema, Brain Herniation
- ISBN: 978-0-323-47841-0
- Editorial: Saunders
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 560
- Fecha Publicación: 12/01/2018
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés