Applied Neuroscience for the Allied Health Professions E-Book
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- Synopsis
- This brand new resource provides a solid, comprehensive and accessible foundation in neurosciences for undergraduates and pre-registration postgraduate students. Using a multidisciplinary approach, it will guide students in their understanding of the most commonly found problems in neurological rehabilitation and inform their clinical practice. The book starts with the foundation of basic neurosciences, covering the normal function and structure of the nervous system from the organism as a whole through to the molecular level. It also introduces perceptuo-motor control and learning - topics that lie at the heart of rehabilitation. The book then goes on to discuss problems that allied health professionals commonly encounter in neurological rehabilitation. Topics covered include problems with perception and movement, planning, attention and memory, communication, motivation and emotion, sleep, continence and sexuality. The book also introduces key theories and evidence underpinning both behavioural and pharmacotherapeutic interventions used in neurological rehabilitation. The book closes by summarising current principles underpinning best practice and also looks to the future by identifying gaps in evidence-based practice with ideas for future research and what the future may hold for neurological rehabilitation. Throughout, a variety of supplementary information boxes point towards additional material such as Case Studies which highlight the clinical relevance of topics discussed; and a variety of Research Boxes which refer to more advanced material and/or original research studies. Each chapter ends with self-assessment questions which will check progress and prompt students to reflect on how the information presented in the chapter could be applied to clinical practice. Written by a multidisciplinary team, highly experienced in teaching, research and clinical practiceLays the foundation of basic neurosciences for allied health studentsAccessible and comprehensive text Introduces students to key theories and evidence underpinning neurological rehabilitationFocuses on clinically relevant informationEnd of chapter self-assessment questions of different levels of complexity
- Copyright:
- 2011
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 356 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780702044571
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780702030284
- Publisher:
- Elsevier Health Sciences
- Date of Addition:
- 01/01/21
- Copyrighted By:
- Elsevier Health Sciences
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Medicine
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- Douglas McBean
- Edited by:
- Frederike van Wijck
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- by Frederike Van Wijck, BSc, MSc, PhD, Mcsp, Fhea D BSc Hons PhD, Frederike Van Wijc McBean
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- in Medicine