Training in Neurorehabilitation: Medical Training Therapy, Sports and Exercises

Description:

Training in Neurorehabilitation

The importance of physical therapy for neurological disease cannot be underestimated. Stroke, for example, is the second leading cause of death worldwide, and its global effect is considerable, based on disability-adjusted life years. With an aging population, the risk of stroke increases exponentially with age, and accordingly, the number of patients increases as well. It follows that specially tailored neurorehabilitation regimens are crucial in helping patients return to the workplace and maintain their independence.

This concise and practical work, created by authors with decades of experience in the practice and teaching of physical therapy, serves that purpose well, with its emphasis on the targeted use of training equipment to match the patients' exact needs.

Key Features:

Concise, practical, and goal-oriented

Provides expert guidance in creating individualized training regimens with the goal of training and enhancing endurance, strength, and balance

An emphasis on types of equipment and instructions for their use, tailored specifically

the individual needs of patients

All training exercises are well illustrated for optimal understanding

Author team with more than 30 years' experience in practice and teaching of physical therapy

Lamprecht's Training in Neurorehabilitation is certain to be an essential reference for all students and practitioners in physical therapy involved in the treatment of patients with neurological disorders.

Table of Contents:

1 Therapeutic Exercise

1.1 From Ancient Times to the Modern Age

1.2 From Bodybuilding to Medical Specialty

1.3 From Orthopaedics to Neurology

2 Sports and Health

2.1 Significance of Movement

3 General Effects of Training

3.1 Basic Motor Skills

3.2 Strength

3.3 Endurance

3.4 Speed

3.5 Mobility

3.6 Coordination

3.7 Balance

4 Neurologic Rehabilitation

4.1 Cortical Reorganization

4.2 Feedback Training

5 Therapeutic Exercise in Neurology: Why?

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Factors Promoting Motor Learning

5.3 Treatable Neurologic Symptoms in Therapeutic Exercise

6 Training Equipment in Neurology

6.1 Training Equipment

6.2 Endurance Training

6.3 Strength Training

6.4 Balance Training

6.5 Vibration Training

6.6 Climbing

6.7 Small Devices for Training with Neurologic Patients

6.8 Slacklining

6.9 SilverFit

7 Clinical Pictures

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Stroke

7.3 Multiple Sclerosis

7.4 Parkinson’s Disease

7.5 Paraplegia

7.6 Craniocerebral Trauma

7.7 Cerebral Palsy

7.8 Neuromuscular Disorders

7.9 Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia

7.10 Severely Impaired Patients and Therapeutic Exercise

8 Organizational Matters

8.1 Planning Training

8.2 Personnel Requirements

8.3 Required Facilities

9 Tests and Assessments

9.1 Tests for Neurorehabilitation

10 Further Reading

Index