Spasticity
Subtitle: diagnosis and management
By: [edited by] Allison Brashear, Elie Elovic
Publisher: Demos Medical Pub.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781933864518
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Why is spasticity important? / Allison Brashear and Elie Elovic; title: Epidemiology of spasticity in the adult and child / John R. McGuire; title: Spasticity and other signs of the upper motor neuron syndrome / Nathaniel H. Mayer; title: Ancillary findings associated with spasticity / Cindy B. Ivanhoe; title: Measurement tools and treatment outcomes in patients with spasticity / Omar Gomez Medina and Elie Elovic; title: Assessment of spasticity in upper extremity / Thomas Watanabe; title: Assessment of spasticity and other consequences of the upper motor neuron syndrome affecting the lower limb / Alberto Esquenazi; title: Setting realistic and meaningful goals for treatment / Elie Elovic; title: Chemoneurolysis with phenol & alcohol : a "dying art" that merits revival / Lawrence J. Horn, Gurtej Singh, and Edward R. Dabrowski; title: Botulinum toxin in the treatment of lower limb spasticity / Alberto Esquenazi; title: Botulinum toxin in the treatment of upper limb spasticity / Allison Brashear; title: Anatomical correlation of common patterns of spasticity / Mayank Pathak and Daniel Truong; title: The role of physical and occupational therapy in the evaluation and management of spasticity / Rob Shingleton, Jonathan H. Kinzinger, and Elie Elovic; title: Emerging technologies in the management of upper motor neuron syndromes / Ira Rashbaum and Steven R. Flanagan; title: Pharmacologic management of spasticity : oral medications / Jay M. Meythaler and Scott Kowalski; title: Intrathecal baclofen for spasticity / Michael Saulino, Elizabeth Moberg-Wolff, and Dobrivoje S. Stokic; title: Surgery in the management of spasticity / David A. Fuller; title: Diagnostic evaluation of adult patients with spasticity / Geoffrey Sheean; title: Overview of genetic causes of spasticity in adults and children / Donald McCorquordale III and Stephan Zuchner; title: Spasticity affecting those with neuromuscular diseases : pathology, epidemiology, and treatment / Rachel M. Dolhun and Peter D. Donofrio; title: Spasticity due to disease of the spinal cord : pathophysiology, epidemiology, and treatment / Heather W. Walker and Steven Kirshblum; title: Spasticity due to multiple sclerosis : epidemiology, pathophysiology, and treatment / Anjali Shah and Ian Maitin; title: Spasticity due to stroke pathophysiology / Anthony B. Ward and Surendra Bandi; title: Spasticity in traumatic brain injury / Ross Zafonte, Stephanie Co, and Anath Srikrishnan; title: Evaluation, treatment planning, and nonsurgical treatment of cerebral palsy / Ann Tilton; title: Surgical management of spasticity in the child with cerebral palsy / Kat Kolaski, John Frino, and L.A. Koman; title: Animal models of spasticity / Patrick Harvey Kitzman.