Restorative Neurology of Spinal Cord Injury (Hardcover)

Following injury or disease, neural circuitry can be altered to varying degrees leading to highly individualized characteristics that may or may not resemble original function. In addition, lost or partially damaged circuits and the effects of biological recovery processes coupled with learned compensatory strategies create a new neuroanatomy with capabilities that are often not functional or may interfere with daily life. To date, the majority of approaches used to treat neurological dysfunction have focused on the replacement of lost or damaged function, usually through the suppression of surviving neural activity and the application of mechanical assistive devices. Restorative Neurology of Spinal Cord Injury offers a different and novel approach.
Focusing on the spinal cord and its role in motor control, the book details the clinical and neurophysiological assessment process and methods developed throughout the past half century by basic and clinical scientists. Then, through the use of specialized clinical and neurophysiological testing methods, conduction and processing performed within the surviving neural circuitry is examined and characterized in detail. Based on the results of such assessment, treatment strategies, also described in this book, are applied to augment, rather than replace, the performance of surviving neural circuitry and improve the functional capacity of people who have experienced injury to their spinal cords.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2012
First published:	December 2011
Editors:	Milan R. Dimitrijevic (Principle Investigator of Foundation for Movement Recovery, Oslo Norway) • Byron A. Kakulas (Medical Director) • W Barry McKay (Research Scientist) • Gerta Vrbova (Emeritus Professor, Division of Developmental Neuroscience, University College London)
Dimensions:	236 x 162 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	336
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-974650-7
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Neurology & clinical neurophysiology Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Psychiatry Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Nuclear medicine Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Environmental medicine > Occupational medicine Promotions
LSN:	0-19-974650-8
Barcode:	9780199746507

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