Neurological Rehabilitation

Part 1 Principles of practice: clinical aspects - epidemiology; the rehabilitation process; organization of neurological rehabilitation services; the rehabilitation team; social and economic aspects of disablement; ethical implications of disablement; mechanisms of recovery - cellular recovery; neurochemistry; neural tissue transplantation; learning and skill acquisition; current topics in motor control - implications for rehabilitation. Part 2 Assessment of treatment of functional defects: mobility - assessment of disability and handicap; assessment of motor function; spasticity; tremor and ataxia; the rehabilitation of visuospatial, visuoperceptual and apraxic disorders; physical therapies; physical consequences of disablement; biomechanics and bioengineering; mobility aids; other physical disability - pain special senses; neurogenic bladder dysfunction and its management; sexual function; hypotension; neurogenic respiratory failure; chronic fatigue; the assessment and management of neurogenic swallowing disorders; dysarthria; cognitive function - cognitive neuropsychological approach to acquired language disorders; functional aspects of communication disorders; memory disorders; frontal lobe disorders; personality and behaviour - behaviour problems; psychiatry in neurological rehabilitation; psychosomatic disorders; psychosocial consequences of brain injury. Part 3 Specific disorders: head injury and rehabilitation; stroke rehabilitation; the epilepsies; Parkinsonism and dystonia; multiple sclerosis; Huntingdon's disease; rehabilitation in Alzheimer's disease and other dementias; the young adult with congenital physical disability - cerebral palsy and spina bifida; hydrocephalus; malignant cerebral gliomas - rehabilitation and care; spinal injury; non-traumatic myelopathy; motor neuron disease; management of brachial plexus injuries; disorders of the peripheral nerve; muscle disorders; neuropsychological and psychiatric problems in AIDS.