Recovery After Stroke

One third of people after stroke, having survived the first few weeks, return home with significant residual disability,
and can therefore benefit from an active, multidisciplinary rehabilitation programme. This is a comprehensive guide to
rehabilitation after stroke, in which leading international authorities set out the basic neuroscientific principles that
underlie brain recovery, including chapters on neural plasticity and neural imaging, and describe appropriate
rehabilitation strategies for the many different functional problems that can arise after stroke. These include movement
disorders, sensory loss, dysphagia and dysarthria, problems with continence and secual difficulties, and cognitive
disorders. Also covered are measurement of disability and quality of life, assistive technology and vocational
rehabilitation. It is therefore an essential handbook and reference for all members of the multidisciplinary stroke
rehabilitation team, including medical personnel, therapists, clinical neuropsychologists and rehabilitation nurses.