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Emerging Therapies in Neurorehabilitation

  • Reports on the latest technological and clinical advances in the field of neurorehabilitation
  • It is the results of lively discussions between curious PhD students and leading research experts during the summer school on neurorehabilitation (SSNR2012) held on September 16-21 in Nuévalos, Zaragoza (Spain)
  • Represents an essential guide for all PhD students, researchers and professionals interested in gaining a multidisciplinary perspective on current and future neurorehabilitation scenarios
  • Includes practical examples and case studies related to the application of some of the latest neurorehabilitation techniques in realistic clinical scenarios
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Biosystems & Biorobotics (BIOSYSROB, volume 4)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Central Neurological Impairments

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Emerging Perspectives in Stroke Rehabilitation

      • Guillermo Asín Prieto, Roberto Cano-de-la-Cuerda, Eduardo López-Larraz, Julien Metrot, Marco Molinari, Liesjet E. H. van Dokkum
      Pages 3-21
    3. Emerging Rehabilitation in Cerebral Palsy

      • Stefan Lambrecht, Oiane Urra, Svetlana Grosu, Soraya Pérez Nombela
      Pages 23-49
    4. Spinal Cord Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease

      • Juan Pablo Romero-Muñoz, Francisco Miguel Rivas Montero, Ilaria Fojadelli, Romulo Fuentes
      Pages 51-64
  3. Spinal and Brain Plasticity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65
    2. Spinal Cord Plasticity and Neuromodulation

      • Stefano Piazza, Johannes Brand, Carlos Escolano
      Pages 67-87
    3. Neural Interfaces as Tools for Studying Brain Plasticity

      • A. Aranceta-Garza, S. Kumpulainen, M. Canela-Repuela, D. Boere, Juan López Coronado, Teodoro García Egea et al.
      Pages 89-101
    4. Neuromodulation on Cerebral Activities

      • Sylvain Cremoux, Jaime Ibanez Pereda, Serdar Ates, Alessia Dessì
      Pages 103-115
    5. Challenges in Measurement of Spasticity in Neurological Disorders

      • Marta Pajaro-Blázquez, Pawel Maciejasz, John McCamley, Ivan Collantes-Vallar, Dorin Copaci, William Zev Rymer
      Pages 117-145
    6. Motor Control and Emerging Therapies for Improving Mobility in Patients with Spasticity

      • Sabata Gervasio, Catherine Macleod, Elisabeth Bravo Esteban-Herreros, Lin Meng, María Carratalá Tejada
      Pages 147-169
  4. Emerging Technologies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-171
    2. Reverse-Engineer the Brain: Perspectives and Challenges

      • Eloy Urendes Jiménez, Antonio Flores Caballero, Francisco Molina Rueda, Javier Iglesias Giménez, Roberto Oboe
      Pages 173-188
    3. Robotic Rehabilitation: Ten Critical Questions about Current Status and Future Prospects Answered by Emerging Researchers

      • Antonio J. del-Ama, Alicia Cuesta, Vijaykumar Rajasekaran, Fernando Trincado, HyunKi In, David Reinkensmeyer
      Pages 189-205
    4. Upper Limb Neuroprostheses: Recent Advances and Future Directions

      • Aikaterini D. Koutsou, Susanna Summa, Bilal Nasser, Josefina Gutierrez Martinez, Muthukumaran Thangaramanujam
      Pages 207-233
    5. BMIs for Motor Rehabilitation: Key Concepts and Challenges

      • Magdo Bortole, Marco Controzzi, Iolanda Pisotta, Andrés Úbeda
      Pages 235-247
    6. Virtual Reality

      • Max Ortiz-Catalan, Sharon Nijenhuis, Kurt Ambrosch, Thamar Bovend’Eerdt, Sebastian Koenig, Belinda Lange
      Pages 249-265
    7. Surface EMG in Neurorehabilitation and Ergonomics: State of the Art and Future Perspectives

      • Filipe Barroso, Diana Ruiz Bueno, Juan Álvaro Gallego, Paola Jaramillo, Atilla Kilicarslan
      Pages 267-284
  5. Hands-on Guides

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 285-285
    2. Introduction to Low-Cost Motion-Tracking for Virtual Rehabilitation

      • Sebastian Koenig, Aitor Ardanza, Camilo Cortes, Alessandro De Mauro, Belinda Lange
      Pages 287-303

About this book

This book reports on the latest technological and clinical advances in the field of neurorehabilitation. It is, however, much more than a conventional survey of the state-of-the-art in neurorehabilitation technologies and therapies. It was formed on the basis of a week of lively discussions between curious PhD students and leading research experts during the summer school on neurorehabilitation (SSNR2012), September 16-21 in Nuévalos, Zaragoza (Spain). Its unconventional format makes it a perfect guide for all PhD students, researchers and professionals interested in gaining a multidisciplinary perspective on current and future neurorehabilitation scenarios. The book covers various aspects of neurorehabilitation research and practice, organized into different parts. The first part discusses a selection of common impairments affecting brain function, such as stroke, cerebral palsy and Parkinson’s disease; the second deals with both spinal cord and brain plasticity. The third part covers the most recent rehabilitation and diagnostics technologies, including robotics, neuroprostheses, brain-machine interfaces and electromyography systems. Practical examples and case studies related to the application of some of the latest techniques in realistic clinical scenarios are covered in the fourth part.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Bioengineering Group, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Madrid, Spain

    José L Pons, Diego Torricelli

Bibliographic Information

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Buying options

eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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