Neurological Rehabilitation of Parkinson's Disease (Queen Square Neurological Rehabilitation)

The rehabilitation of Parkinson's disease patients comprises various forms of therapy: physical, speech and psychosocial therapy. Physical rehabilitation is used in conjunction with various anti-parkinsonian agents as a non-pharmacological treatment for Parkinson's disease. This book explores the long-term and short-term benefits of physical therapy and the effectiveness of physical rehabilitation. It is ideal for geriatricians, neurologists, pharmacologists and anyone working with these patients. 1. The Pharmacological Management Of Parkinson's Disease / Maria Bozi And Kailash P. Bhatia -- 2. The Psychosocial Impact Of Parkinson's Disease And Its Clinical Management / Marjan Jahanshahi -- 3. Non-pharmacological Therapies / Katherine Deane And Diane Playford -- 4. Developing And Delivering Services / Dorothy Robertson -- 5. Evaluating The Outcome Of Rehabilitation Interventions / Ray Fitzpatrick -- 6. Future Directions: The Potential For Recovery And Repair / Simon J. G. Lewis And Roger A. Barker. Edited By Diane Playford. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 Contributors......Page 8 Series preface......Page 10 Preface......Page 12 The pharmacological management of Parkinson's disease......Page 14 The psychosocial impact of Parkinson's disease and its clinical management......Page 38 Non-pharmacological therapies......Page 62 Developing and delivering services......Page 96 Evaluating the outcome of rehabilitation interventions......Page 118 Future directions: the potential for recovery and repair......Page 132 Index......Page 148 Rehabilitation of Parkinson's disease patients comprises various forms of therapy: physical, speech and psychosocial therapy. Physical rehabilitation is used in conjunction with various antiparkinsonian agents as a non-pharmacological treatment for Parkinson's disease. This book examines what are the long-term and short-term benefits of physical therapy and the effectiveness of physical rehabiliation. Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the commonest neurodegenerative diseases and amongst the commonest causes of disability in the elderly.