Jose Leon-Carrion, Klaus R. H. von Wild, George A. Zitnay

Brain Injury Treatment (eBook, ePUB)

Theories and Practices

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Explains the treatments used in brain injury rehabilitation and covers new methods of rehabilitation, including complementary medicine theories.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 608
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. September 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135420710
• Artikelnr.: 42718784

Autorenporträt

Jose Leon-Carrion is Professor of Neuropsychology and Director of the Human Neuropsychology Laboratory at the University of Seville, Spain. At the Center for Brain Injury Rehabilitation (C.RE.CER.) in Seville, an interdisciplinary center for rehabilitation, he is responsible for the design of the rehabilitation programs and director of the Department of Research, Development and Innovation. He was vice-president of the International Brain Injury Association (IBIA) and is currently Secretary General on the Board of Directors of IBIA. He also was president of the Academy for the Advancement of Brain Injury Rehabilitation.

George A. Zitnay is Clinical Professor at the Medical College of Virginia, he is the immediate past President of the Brain Injury Association of America, Founder and immediate past President of the International Brain Injury Association, Chairman of the WHO Neurotrauma Committee, former Chairman of the Council of the Medical Rehabilitation Center at NIH, Chairman of the National Brain Injury Research, Treatment and Training Foundation, former Professor and Director of Research at the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Virginia, author, lecturer and member of editorial board of journal, Brain Injury.

Klaus von Wild is Professor and Head Neurosurgical, Department for Neurosurgery and Early Neurotraumatological Rehabilitation, Clemenshospital, Teaching Hospital, Westphalian Wilhelms University Munster.

Inhaltsangabe

Prehospital Management of Traumatic Brain Injury. Mild Brain Injury:
Detecting High Risk Patients. Organization of Neurological Intensive Care
Units. Current Concepts and Strategies on Early Neurohabilitation for
Patients with Traumatic Injury (TBI). Electrical Treatment of Coma.
Low-level responsive states. Diagnosing and treating affective disorders
after brain injury, Sleep Disorders in Patients with Traumatic Brain
Injury. Rehabilitation of Equilibrium and Posture Control after Brain
Injury. Neuropharmacological Management of Impairment after Traumatic Brain
Injury. Spasticity of Cerebral Origin. Rehabilitation in Water.
Neuropsychological Assessment of Persons with Acquired Brain Injury.
Sevilla Neuropsychological test-Battery (BNS) for the assessment of
Executive Functioning.Methods and Tools for the Assessment of Outcome after
Brain Injury Rehabilitation. Assessment of Response Bias in Impairment and
Disability Examinations. Rehabilitation of Cognitive Disorders after
Acquired Brain Injury: The Combine Method (TCM). Neuropsychological
Recovery: Children & Adolescents Following Traumatic Brain Injury. Medical
Rehabilitation of TBI after Intensive. The holistic, multidisciplinary and
intensive approach of treatment: the CRECER method. The Role of Stem Cells
in the Rehabilitation of Brain Injury. Complementary Medicine and TBI. The
Role of Family in the Rehabilitation of Traumatic Brain Injury Patients:
Advocate or Co-Therapist. Return to Work after Brain Injury