Guided Self-Rehabilitation Contract in Spastic Paresis

By Jean-Michel Gracies

This book is an informative guide for both the patient and therapist, and provides a series of exercises that target the most important muscles for those with spastic paresis. Actively practicing the exercises prescribed in this self-rehabilitation manual will allow the patient to see continued improvement in their muscle functioning. Spastic paresis is the consequence of a central nervous system disorder such as a stroke, traumatic brain or spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, or a tumor of the nervous system, conditions that may have occurred in childhood or adulthood. In spastic paresis two problems coexist: the word 'paresis' means that when the brain sends a command to a muscle to contract, this order is incompletely received by the muscle; the word 'spastic' indicates that at the same time muscles cannot relax normally and have a tendency to be spontaneously overactive. A daily program of prolonged stretching and an intensive motor training program using unassisted largeamplitude rapid alternating movements is recommended to gradually increase brain command effectiveness.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319291076
• ISBN13: 9783319291079
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"