Guided Self-Rehabilitation Contract in Spastic Paresis (eBook)

Jean-Michel Gracies (Autor)

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2022 | 1st ed. 2022
118 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-29108-6 (ISBN)

Infos

This book is an informative guide for both the patient and therapist, and provides a series of exercises that target the most important muscles for those with spastic paresis. Actively practicing the exercises prescribed in this self-rehabilitation manual will allow the patient to see continued improvement in their muscle functioning. Spastic paresis is the consequence of a central nervous system disorder such as a stroke, traumatic brain or spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, or a tumor of the nervous system, conditions that may have occurred in childhood or adulthood. In spastic paresis two problems coexist: the word 'paresis' means that when the brain sends a command to a muscle to contract, this order is incompletely received by the muscle; the word 'spastic' indicates that at the same time muscles cannot relax normally and have a tendency to be spontaneously overactive. A daily program of prolonged stretching and an intensive motor training program using unassisted largeamplitude rapid alternating movements is recommended to gradually increase brain command effectiveness.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.9.2022
• Zusatzinfo: XIX, 118 p. 65 illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
• Schlagworte: Musculoskeletal • Neurology • Neurorehabilitation • Self-rehabilitation • Spastic paresis
• ISBN-10: 3-319-29108-4 / 3319291084
• ISBN-13: 978-3-319-29108-6 / 9783319291086