Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Spasticity Clinical Management
(Maria Teresa Botti Rodrigues Santos, Ana Cristina Fernandes Maria Ferreira and Andre Luiz Ferreira Costa, Postgraduate Program in Dentistry, Cruzeiro do Sul University, SaÞo Paulo, Brazil)
Chapter 2. Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy in the Treatment of Spasticity
(Aleksandra D. Ilieva, MD, and Elena M. Ilieva, MD, PhD, Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria)
Chapter 3. Neurosurgical Treatment of Spasticity in Children: Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy
(Tomaz Velnar, Peter Spazzapan, Zoran Rodi, Natasa Kos and Roman Bosnjak, Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia, and others)
Chapter 4. The Role of Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation in the Postsurgical Period of Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy
(Natasa Kos, PhD, Medical Rehabilitation Unit, University medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Chapter 5. Physical Therapy Modalities Used in Spasticity Treatment
(Nilay Sahin, MD, and Hilal Yesil, MD, Faculty of Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Balikesir University, Balıkesir, Turkey, and others)
Chapter 6. Orthotics for the Rehabilitation of the Spastic Upper Limb: Current Advances
(Elisa María Garrido Ardila, Marta Salguero Barahona, Juan Rodríguez Mansilla and María Jiménez Palomares, Adolor Research Group. Department of Medical-Surgical Therapy, Extremadura University, Badajoz, Spain, and others)
Index