Annotation C Kick start using the mobile infant learning paradigm to promote early leg action Linda Fetters Chapter contents Infants are dynamically changing Development requires exploration Altered development for the…
Annotation B Findings from a series of studies of passive mechanical properties of muscle in young children with cerebral palsy Adel Abdullah Alhusaini Chapter contents Methodology Study 1: Non-reflex stiffness…
4 Functional effects of neural impairments and subsequent adaptations Adel Abdullah Alhusaini Chapter contents Introduction Brief historical review Prevalence and aetiology Classification of cerebral palsy Motor impairments and muscle adaptations…
9 Effects of motor activity on brain and muscle development in cerebral palsy Diane L. Damiano Chapter contents Infancy is a unique period of neural development and plasticity Interaction of…
3 Re-thinking the brain new insights into early experience and brain development Mary P. Galea Chapter contents Early development Thalamocortical projections Corticospinal projections Experience and the development of target structures…
Abstract Stroke is a leading cause of adult motor disability. The number of stroke survivors is increasing in industrialized countries, and despite available treatments used in rehabilitation, the recovery of…
Abstract Optogenetics is the combination of optical tools to monitor (i.e. “reporters”) or interfere (i.e. “actuators”) with neural activity, and genetic techniques to restrain the expression of these reporters and…
Abstract Hemi-spatial neglect syndrome is common and sometimes long-lasting. It is characterized by a deficit in the use and awareness of one side of space, most often consecutive to a…
Abstract Management of lower urinary tract dysfunction (LUTD) in neurological diseases remains a priority because it leads to many complications such as incontinence, renal failure and decreased quality of life….
Abstract Spinal cord injury leads to a range of disabilities, including limitations in locomotor activity, that seriously diminish the patients’ autonomy and quality of life. Electrochemical neuromodulation therapies, robot-assisted rehabilitation…
