A practical approach to movement disorders [[electronic resource] ] : diagnosis and medical and surgical management / / Hubert H. Fernandez ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Demos Medical Pub., c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (297 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.8/3
• Soggetto topico: Movement disorders
• Altri autori: FernandezHubert H
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Getting started : the phenomenology of movement disorders -- Medical approach to movement disorders. The "dancing" patient ; The "jerky" patient ; The "shaky" patient ; The "shuffling" patient ; The "twisted" patient ; The "tic patient" ; The "unsteady" patient --Surgical approach to movement disorders. Key concepts for surgical therapy for Parkinson's disease and movement disorders -- Nonpharmacologic approach to movement disorders. Speech and swallowing therapy ; Physical and occupational therapy ; Nutritional considerations.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book provides the busy clinician with a quick, symptom-based guide to the clinical presentation, diagnosis, work-up, and management of the most common types of movement disorders encountered in clinical practice, including Parkinson's disease, chorea, dystonia, myoclonus, and ataxia. Written in expanded outline format, with frequent diagnostic and therapeutic algorithms, tables, and scales, it is an essential guide for clinicians faced with patients with movement disorders. A Practical Approach to Movement Disorders is a welcome departure from the typical lengthy, disease-based hardbound
• Titolo autorizzato: A practical approach to movement disorders
• ISBN: 1-935281-88-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812188903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II