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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450290803321

Titolo

Rehabilitation for traumatic brain injury / / edited by Walter M. High, Jr. [and three others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2005

©2005

ISBN

1-280-42815-5

0-19-803868-2

1-60256-506-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 368 p.)

Disciplina

617.4/810443

Soggetti

Brain damage - Patients - Rehabilitation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; 1 History of Rehabilitation for Traumatic Brain Injury; 2 Effectiveness of TBI Rehabilitation Programs; 3 Rehabilitation of Impaired Awareness; 4 External Aids for Management of Memory Impairment; 5 Rehabilitation of Executive Function Impairments; 6 Social Communication Interventions; 7 Therapy for Emotional and Motivational Disorders; 8 Substance Abuse; 9 Interventions for Caregivers; 10 Vocational Rehabilitation; 11 Children with Cognitive, Behavioral, Communication, and Academic Disabilities; 12 Older Adults; 13 Multicultural Perspectives

14 Pharmacologic Management of Spastic Hypertonia15 Rehabilitation of Patients with Disorders of Consciousness; 16 Neuroimaging and Rehabilitation; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Presents a review of the effectiveness of rehabilitation interventions. This work includes evidence-based reviews of specific areas of brain injury rehabilitation, critiquing the methodoligical problems of studies in the area, and then outlining directions for research.