Neuromuscular Rehabilitation in Manual and Physical Therapies

Book excerpt: Neuromuscular Rehabilitation in Manual and Physical Therapy explores the vast and complex discipline of neuromuscular rehabilitation and simplifies it for clinical use. It is a practical source book for practitioners of manual and physical therapy who work with movement rehabilitation after musculoskeletal injury and pain conditions, sports rehabilitation, surgery and central nervous system damage. The book is a synthesis of over half a century of research and can be described as 'neuromuscular rehabilitation made easy'. It explores movement control and how it is affected by injury, pain and central damage. It provides practical solutions and comprehensive demonstrations (DVD) of movement rehabilitation for the upper and lower limbs and the trunk/spine. 1. Introduction 2. Motor control 3. Motor abilities 4. Sensory abilities 5. Motor adaptation 6. Plasticity in the motor system 7. Motor reorganisation in musculoskeletal injury 8. Cognitive and behavioural considerations in neuromuscular rehabilitation 9. Managing non-traumatic pain conditions 10. Neuromuscular considerations in managing individuals with CNS damage 11. Developing a rehabilitation programme 12. Motor abilities, assessment to challenge: re-abilitation 13. Optimising proprioceptive recovery 14. Neuromuscular rehabilitation: summary