Neurological Physiotherapy

There is a surfeit of writing about evidence-based practice which is often difficult to relate to the actual treatment of patients. This book however, starts with real patients and their problems, then turns to specialist clinicians from different philosophies describe how they would treat that patient. This means that the contents are directly relevant to clinical practice. The authors have provided a generous list of references to support their choice of treatment. The book will be of interest to a wide audience including physiotherapy clinicians and researchers, others in the health care teams treating patients with neurological conditions and managers organising these services. It will also be valuable for both undergraduate and postgraduate therapists studying neurology. Contents:

Section One: Single Incident Neurology - Case Reports: stroke; head injury; incomplete spinal injury; complete spinal injury.

Section Two: Progressive Disorders - Case Reports: Parkinson?s Disease; Multiple Sclerosis.

Section 1: Single Incident Neurology

Case report: Mrs LM-a patient with a stroke

Early rehabilitation 1 / Paulette van Vliet

Early rehabilitation 2 / Elia Panturin

Later rehabilitation / Fiona Jones

Case report: Mr ND-a patient with traumatic brain injury

Respiratory management / Suzanne Roberts

Rehabilitation 1 / Maggie Campbell

Rehabilitation 2 / Anne Moseley

Case report: Mr SP-a patient with complete spinal lesion C6

Treatment and management / Ebba Bergström

Case report: Mr PL-a patient with incomplete spinal cord injury C7

Treatment and management / Susan Edwards

Section 2: Progressive Disorders

Case report: Mr LH-a patient with Parkinson's disease

Treatment and management 1 / Margaret Schenkman

Treatment and management 2 / Karen Bridgewater and Margaret Sharpe

Case report: Mrs LW-a patient with multiple sclerosis

Treatment and management 1 / Diane Madras

Treatment and management 2 / Jennifer Freeman

Cecily Partridge is an Honorary Reader in the Centre for Health Services Studies at the University ofKent at Canterbury and an Emeritus Reader of London University. Her research and clinical interests have been mainly in neurological physiotherapy and the use of appropriate research methods in physiotherapy. She set up the first UK MSc degree in Research Methods for therapists in 1980, and founded the journal Physiotherapy Research International in 1996 and was editor until 2006.

There is a surfeit of writing about evidence-based practice which is often difficult to relate to the actual treatment of patients. This book however, starts with real patients and their problems, then turns to specialist clinicians from different philosophies describe how they would treat that patient. This means that the contents are directly relevant to clinical practice. The authors have provided a generous list of references to support their choice of treatment. The book will be of interest to a wide audience including physiotherapy clinicians and researchers, others in the health care teams treating patients with neurological conditions and managers organising these services. It will also be valuable for both undergraduate and postgraduate therapists studying neurology. Contents: ? Section One - Single Incident Neurology - Case Reports: stroke; head injury; incomplete spinal injury; complete spinal injury ? Section Two - Progressive Disorders - Case Reports: Parkinson?s Disease; Multiple Sclerosis