内容简介
This book is a must for everyone involved in the rehabilitation of stroke patients. Certainly all those already familiar with Pat Davies' best selling guide to the treatment of adult hemiplegia STEPS TO FOLLOW will want to learn more about the treatment advances presented here. The new book focuses on a subject that has been almost completely ignored until now in the rehabilitation of hemiplegicn patients: selective trunk activity. The author once again shares her vast experience in treating patients with hemiplegia and points to the impressive results that can be achieved when specific therapy to retrain and regain selective trunk activity is integrated into the treatment program. The key to successful treatment lies in regaining adaptive stabilisation of the trunk, and the ability to move parts of it in isolation. The book explains how the loss of trunk control causes difficulties with breathing, speaking, balance and walking, as well as functional use of the arm and hand. Activities to improve these abilities are described. Clear concise instructions, illustrated by a wealth of photographs of patients in action will help doctors, physiotherapists and occupational therapists to observe, analyse and overcome the problems caused by inadequate trunk control.