Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Preface to the second edition
- 1 An overview of the clinical management of spasticity
- 2 Neurophysiology of spasticity
- 3 The measurement of spasticity
- 4 Physiotherapy management of spasticity
- 5 Seating and positioning
- 6 Orthoses, splints and casts
- 7 Pharmacological management of spasticity
- 8 Chemical neurolysis in the management of muscle spasticity
- 9 Spasticity and botulinum toxin
- 10 Intrathecal baclofen for the control of spinal and supraspinal spasticity
- 11 Surgical management of spasticity
- 12 Management of spasticity in children
- Index
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 August 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Preface to the second edition
- 1 An overview of the clinical management of spasticity
- 2 Neurophysiology of spasticity
- 3 The measurement of spasticity
- 4 Physiotherapy management of spasticity
- 5 Seating and positioning
- 6 Orthoses, splints and casts
- 7 Pharmacological management of spasticity
- 8 Chemical neurolysis in the management of muscle spasticity
- 9 Spasticity and botulinum toxin
- 10 Intrathecal baclofen for the control of spinal and supraspinal spasticity
- 11 Surgical management of spasticity
- 12 Management of spasticity in children
- Index
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- Upper Motor Neurone Syndrome and SpasticityClinical Management and Neurophysiology, pp. 241 - 253Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2008