Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation

Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation

Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation
Author By: Joel Stein

Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation Book Description

Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation is the first comprehensive, multidisciplinary textbook devoted exclusively to stroke rehabilitation and recovery. This new comprehensive guide is the gold standard for managing and rehabilitating stroke patients. Beginning with detailed information on risk factors, epidemiology, prevention, and neurophysiology, the book details the acute and long-term treatment of all stroke-related impairments and complications. Additional sections discuss psychological issues, outcomes, community reintegration, and new research.

Written by dozens of acknowledged leaders in the field, and containing hundreds of tables, graphs, and photographic images, Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation features:

• The first full-length discussion of the most commonly-encountered component of neurorehabilitation
• Multi-specialty coverage of issues in rehabilitation, neurology, PT, OT, speech therapy, and nursing
• Focus on therapeutic management of stroke related impairments and complications
• An international perspective from dozens of foremost authorities on stroke
• Cutting edge, practical information on new developments and research trends

Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation is a valuable reference for clinicians and academics in rehabilitation and neurology, and professionals in all disciplines who serve the needs of stroke survivors.



Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation Book Details

• Hardcover: 992 pages
• Publisher: Demos Medical Publishing; 1 edition (December 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1933864125
• ISBN-13: 978-1933864129
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.8 x 1.6 inches

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Pharmacological Treatment of Alzheimers Disease: Molecular and Neurobiological Foundations (Hardcover)

Pharmacological Treatment of Alzheimers Disease

Pharmacological Treatment of Alzheimers Disease Editor by:

• Jorge D. Brioni
• Michael W. Decker

Pharmacological Treatment of Alzheimers Disease Book Description

Prominent Alzheimer's investigators provide a comprehensive and balanced overview of the neuropharmacological basis for therapeutics in this devastating disease. Divided into three parts, the book begins with basic research on the neurobiology of cognitive function, offering relevant information on the way the brain encodes and stores data. The second segment explores the molecular aspects of Alzheimer's Disease (AD), emphasizing investigations of possible etiological factors. In the final section, a variety of issues important in developing treatments are discussed including cholinergic-based treatments, the role of neuroinflammin in AD and the therapeutic potential of anti-inflammatory agents.

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Prominent Alzheimer's investigators provide a comprehensive and balanced overview of the neuropharmacological basis for therapeutics in this devastating disease. Divided into three parts, the book begins with basic research on the neurobiology of cognitive function, offering relevant information on the way the brain encodes and stores data. The second segment explores the molecular aspects of Alzheimer's Disease (AD), emphasizing investigations of possible etiological factors. In the final section, a variety of issues important in developing treatments are discussed including cholinergic-based treatments, the role of neuroinflammin in AD and the therapeutic potential of anti-inflammatory agents.

Pharmacological Treatment of Alzheimers Disease Book Details

• Hardcover: 549 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Liss; 1 edition (January 15, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471167584
• ISBN-13: 978-0471167587
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.6 inches

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Cognitive Neuropsychology of Alzheimer's Disease (Hardcover)

Cognitive Neuropsychology of Alzheimer's Disease

Cognitive Neuropsychology of Alzheimer's Disease Editor by:
Robin G. Morris
James T. Becker

Cognitive Neuropsychology of Alzheimer's Disease Books Description

Alzheimer's disease can be thought of as a multi-faceted neuropsychological disorder, with diverse impairments in cognitive abilities, such as attention, memory, language and executive functioning. Over the last decade cognitive neuropsychology has provided a far richer understanding of these impairments, and this book describes these advances, placing them in their clinical context. The first section deals with background theoretical and clinical issues, such as the extent to which Alzheimer's disease can be considered as a single entity or whether it is more fruitful to explore the neuropsychology of individual patients. It considers the diagnostic aspects of Alzheimer's disease, the natural history of the disease, how it progresses over time and the characteristics of the prodromal phase. A second section, the core of the book, covers major cognitive functions and delineates how

Cognitive Neuropsychology of Alzheimer's Disease Book Review

"This is a highly readable volume that also can function as a reference source. I recommend it to all clinical and basic scientists with an interest in the brain and its diseases."--American Journal of Psychology

Cognitive Neuropsychology of Alzheimer's Disease Book Details

• Hardcover: 434 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 2 edition (February 3, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198508301
• ISBN-13: 978-0198508304
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.8 x 1.2 inches

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Surgical Treatment of Epilepsy

Surgical Treatment of Epilepsy

Author by:
Josef Zentner
Wolfgang Seeger

Books Description

Surgery offers a highly efficient treatment option for patients with pharmacoresistant epilepsies. While most surgical procedures aim at curative treatment, others have been designed for palliative purposes. Although standardized procedures are available, surgical techniques actually applied vary greatly. However, to date no comprehensive overview on different methods is available. The book by Zentner and Seeger compensates for these shortcomings. It comprises the wide spectrum of current procedures and provides a thorough description of surgical steps. Moreover, detailed information as to results and complications of different procedures is given. Thus, this book not only contains practical instructions for neurosurgeons, but also enables neurologists and epileptologists to understand possibilities and limitations of epilepsy surgery and facilitates adequate consultation of patients and relatives.

In the majority of patients with epilepsy, seizures can be well controlled with appropriate medication. However, current estimates indicate that 20 - 30% of patients with epilepsy are refractory to all forms of medical therapy.(1) These medically intractable patients are candidates for surgical treatment in an attempt to achieve better seizure control. Another group of patients who might benefit are those whose seizures may be relatively well controlled but who have certain characteristic presentations or lesions that strongly suggest surgical intervention might be curative. Overall, the single most important determinant of a successful surgical outcome is patient selection. This requires detailed presurgical evaluation to characterize seizure type, frequency, site of onset, psychosocial functioning and degree of disability in order to select the most appropriate treatment from a variety of surgical options. This type of evaluation is best carried out at a multi-disciplinary center experienced in the investigation and treatment of epilepsy.

Books Details
Hardcover: 200 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (January 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3211837701
ISBN-13: 978-3211837702

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Dementia: WPA Series in Evidence and Experience in Psychiatry

Dementia WPA Series in Evidence and Experience in Psychiatry

Dementia
Editor by:
Mario Maj
Norman Sartorius

Product Details
Paperback: 412 pages
Publisher: Wiley; 2 edition (February 21, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0470849630
ISBN-13: 978-0470849637

Book Description

It is a great compendium of up-to-date facts and opinions..." (British Journal of Psychiatry, April 2001) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Dementia is most frequently associated with aging and is, at present, under diagnosed and under-represented all over the world. Discrepancies in the diagnostic procedures and therapeutic interventions implemented in the various clinical contexts are significant and consequently, the need for a review of the currently available research evidence and a discussion of different clinical practices is urgently needed. This book provides a much needed review of the diagnostic procedures and the implementations of therapeutic interventions.

knowledge of dementia has significantly increased. The diagnosis of the dementia syndromes has been considerably refined. New types of the disorder, such as the Lewy body dementia, have been described. Our understanding of the risk factors and the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease has considerably improved. Clinical and neuropsychological tools for the early diagnosis and the staging of dementia have been developed, and their usefulness in ordinary practice has been demonstrated. Promising leads for pharmacological treatment have been developed, and much has been done to facilitate the life and work of carers, by increasing training and support programmes in numbers and quality in many countries. Psychosocial interventions have also been developed and seen to be helpful in maintaining a person with dementia at a particular level of functioning without further loss and in improving the quality of life of the patients and their caregivers.

The WPA series Evidence and Experience in Psychiatry has been initiated as part of the effort of the World Psychiatric Association to bridge the gap between research evidence and clinical practice concerning the most prevalent mental disorders. Because of its increasing frequency, severity and ubiquity, and because the application of knowledge is so limited, dementia should be a priority for research, teaching and care. We hope that this volume will contribute to making it such.

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Intracranial Atherosclerosis

Intracranial Atherosclerosis

Intracranial Atherosclerosis

Author by :
Jong S. Kim
Louis R. Caplan
K. S. Lawrence Wong

Product Details
Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 1 edition (November 24, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1405178221
ISBN-13: 978-1405178228


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Intracranial atherosclerosis is the dominant cause of stroke in over 70% of the world’s population. Globalization is leading to an increasingly heterogeneous society everywhere. Advances in imaging techinology allow this previously inaccessible pathology to be clinically studied.

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FACT: Intracranial atherosclerosis is the major cause of stroke worldwide

Intracranial atherosclerosis is the dominant cause of stroke in over 70% of the world’s population. Globalization is leading to an increasingly heterogeneous society everywhere. Advances in imaging technology allow this previously inaccessible pathology to be clinically studied.

This inconvenient fact can no longer be ignored in stroke medicine

Edited by internationally renowned clinicians, Intracranial Atherosclerosis is the first book to examine intracranial causes of stroke. Clinical practice is allied with basic science to guide all those with an interest in stroke on the diagnosis and management of intracranial atherosclerosis.

Know the facts: read this book!

Contents
List of contributors
Preface
Foreward
Epidemiology and risk factors
1 Anatomy of intracranial arteries
2 Pathologic characteristics
3 Epidemiology
4 Risk factors
Stroke mechanism and clinical consequence
5 Stroke mechanisms
6 Anterior circulation disorders
7 Posterior circulation disorders
8 Cognitive dysfunction, dementia and emotional disturbances
9 Natural course and prognosis
Diagnostic imaging studies
10 Vascular imaging
11 Application of magnetic resonance imaging
12 Transcranial doppler
Treatment
13 Antiplatelet therapy
14 Anticoagulation,
15 Angioplasty and stenting
16 Surgical therapy
17 Other miscellaneous treatments
Uncommon causes of intracranial arterial disease
18 Immunologic and vasoconstrictive disorders
19 Arterial dissection, CNS infection and other miscellaneous diseases
20 Moyamoya disease
Index

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