Neuroplasticity-based Neurorehabilitation

Jens Bo Nielsen is Professor of Human Motor Neuroscience at the Department of Neuroscience, University of Copenhagen. He is also Head of research at the Elsass Foundation which aims to transfer knowledge from basic science into new ways of improving quality of life for people with Cerebral palsy.

Professor Nielsen has been conducting research in how the nervous system controls movement in health and disease for the past 30 years. His research career covers work at the cellular and integrative level in animal models, healthy human subjects and neurological patients, and has led to many national and international collaborations. His main research interests are the pathophysiology of spasticity and neurorehabilitation. One major aim is to develop new health technologies and interventions for people with brain injuries. 

Professor Nielsen is the author of more than 300 papers in international peer-reviewed journals, as well as several book chapters, meeting abstracts, medical student textbooks and public science books.

Rasmus Feld Frisk is Associate Professor at the Department of Neuroscience, University of Copenhagen. He has a background as Physical Therapist with clinical experience within neurorehabilitation. He has a Master degree from University of Southern Denmark regarding physical therapy and motor learning from 2014. He finished his PhD degree regarding contributing factors to gait impairments in adults with Cerebral Palsy (CP) in 2018. Afterwards, his research has continued with the focus on investigating contributing factors to impaired gait function in children and adults with CP, including alterations in spinal circuits in relation to sensory feedback, muscle alterations, and fatigue. His research has resulted in more than 10 scientific publications.

Besides research activities, he is Head of studies of the Master's education in Neurorehabilitation at the University of Copenhagen which aims to enhance the use and implementation of knowledge regarding neurobiology and -plasticity in clinical practice. 

Jakob Lorentzen is Clinical Professor at the Department of Neuroscience, University of Copenhagen, and the Department of Paediatrics at Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet. He leads and supervises projects aiming to transfer knowledge from basic science into clinical practice in neurorehabilitation with special attention to Cerebral Palsy.

He has been trained as a clinician for more than 20 years and has since combined clinical work with research activity focusing on neurosciences, neurorehabilitation, and Cerebral Palsy. He has been involved in several intervention studies focusing on how to improve cognitive and motor deficits after brain lesions in children and adults. These studies have been conducted at the University of Copenhagen in close collaboration with clinical neurological departments at different national and international hospitals.

For the past 15 years, he has been teaching at the PhD, Master's, and Bachelor's levels on regular basis and has given several scientific and popular science talks for professionals within neurorehabilitation and Neuroscience. He is one of the initiators of the Master's education in Neurorehabilitation at the University of Copenhagen.

He authored or co-authored more than 50 papers in international peer-reviewed journals, numerous meeting-abstracts, and book chapters for clinical staff and scientists in neurorehabilitation.

Lisbeth Højkjær Larsen is a researcher at the Department of Neuroscience, University of Copenhagen, and the Department of Paediatrics, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet. She has a background in Sports Science and Human Physiology, and she completed her PhD in 2018, concentrating on motor skill relearning in stroke patients. Her research focuses on the physical function and physical

Preface.- Chapter 1. Towards science-based neurorehabilitation.- chapter 2. Touch and Proprioception.- Chapter 3. Pain.- Chapter 4. Vision and Perception.- Chapter 5. Sensori-motor Control.- Chapter 6. Basic principles of learning and memory.- Chapter 7. Skill acquisition and motor learning.- Chapter 8. Computational neuroscience and neurorehabilitation.- Chapter 9. Executive Functions.- Chapter 10. Speech, language, and communication.- Chapter 11. Emotions.- Chapter 12. Consciousness, Circadian rhythms, and Sleep.- Chapter 13. Neuroplasticity - what is it?.- Chapter 14. Neurodevelopment and Neuroplasticity.- Chapter 15. Neuroplasticity as a basis for neurorehabilitation.- Chapter 16. Neurorehabilitation Technologies.- Chapter 17. Stroke.- Chapter 18. Spinal Cord Injury.- Chapter 19. Cerebral Palsy.- Chapter 20. Multiple Sclerosis.- Chapter 21. Parkinson's disease.- Chapter 22. Dementia.- Chapter 23. Traumatic Brain Injury.- Chapter 24. Concussion.- Chapter 25. Future Directions.