Recovery After Stroke

by Michael P. Barnes

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521105145
• ISBN13: 9780521105149
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 672 Pages
• Weight: 2.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.7" x 9.6"