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

• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Fernandez, Hubert H.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Physical Description: x, 286 p. :; ill.

Table of Contents

• 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.