Motor Control Translating Research into Clinical Practice

Name: Motor Control Translating Research into Clinical Practice
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ISBN: 9781608310180

ISBN-10: 1608310183

ISBN-13: 9781608310180

Edition: 4th 2010 (Revised)

Authors: Anne Shumway-Cook, Marjorie H. Woollacott

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Motor Control is the only text to bridge the gap between current motor control research and its applications to clinical practice. The text prepares therapists to examine and treat patients with problems related to balance, mobility, and upper extremity function, based on the best available evidence supporting clinical practice. This edition provides the latest research findings and their clinical applications in postural control, mobility, and upper extremity function. Drawings, charts, tables, and photographs are also included to clarify postural control and functional mobility, and laboratory activities, and case studies are provided to reinforce key concepts. Videos on the back of book…

Book details

List price: $38.00
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Publication date: 1/21/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 656
Size: 8.75" wide x 11.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 4.026
Language: English




Theoretical Framework



Motor Control: Issues and Theories



Motor Learning and Recovery of function



Physiology of Motor Control



Physiological Basis of Motor Learning and Recovery of function



Constraints on Motor Control: An Overview of Neurologic Impairments



A Conceptual Framework for Clinical Practice



Postural Control



Normal Postural Control



Development of Postural Control



Aging and Postural Control



Abnormal Postural Control



Clinical Management of the Patient with Postural Control Disorder



Mobility Functions



Control of Normal Mobility



A Life Span Perspective of Mobility



Abnormal Mobility



Clinical Management of the Patient with a Mobility Disorder



Reach, Grasp, and Manipulation



Normal Reach, Grasp, and Manipulation



Reach, Grasp, and Manipulation: Changes Across the Life Span



Abnormal Reach, Grasp, and Manipulation



Clinical Management of the Patient with Reach, Grasp, or Manipulation Disorders


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Index