Spasticity and Muscle Stiffness [E-Book] : Restoring Form and Function / edited by Preeti Raghavan.
This book aids the practitioner in understanding the difference between spasticity and muscle stiffness, weighing old and new treatment options, and developing an appropriate treatment algorithm for a given patient. Spasticity is a common and disabling condition after neurologic injury such as strok...
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Personal Name(s): | Raghavan, Preeti, editor |
Edition: |
1st edition 2022. |
Imprint: |
Cham :
Springer,
2022
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Physical Description: |
XIX, 321 pages 111 illustrations, 105 illustrations in color (online resource) |
Note: |
englisch |
ISBN: |
9783030969004 |
DOI: |
10.1007/978-3-030-96900-4 |
Subject (LOC): |
- PART 1
- 1. Neural basis of spasticity
- 2. Spasticity vs Spastic Movement Disorder
- 3. Clinical Assessment of the Syndrome of Spastic Paresis
- 4. Quantitative Measurement of Resistance to Passive Joint Motion in Chronic Stroke Survivors
- 5. Structural alterations in Spastic Muscle
- 6. Mechanisms of Development of Passive Mechanical Muscle Stiffness
- 7. Symptomatic and Functional After-Effects of the Syndrome of Spastic Paresis
- PART 2
- 8. Framework for the Treatment of Spasticity and Muscle Stiffness
- 9. Medical Exacerbation of Spasticity
- 10. Oral Spasmolytics
- 11. Intrathecal Baclofen Therapy
- 12. Treatment of Focal Muscle Overactivity using Botulinum Toxin Injections
- 13. Treatment of Focal Muscle Stiffness with Hyaluronidase Injections
- 14. Emerging Non-pharmacologic Therapies.