Spasticity Mechanisms and Management
Over the past 10-20 years there has been an explosion of work on the disturbance of motor control that is manifested as "spasticity." This work has been based on new insights from animal experiments into the basis of normal motor control and the developme
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Spasticity Mechanisms and Management
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Priv.-Doz. Dr. A.F. THILMANN Neurologische Klinik mit klinischer Neurophysiologie Alfried-Krupp-Krankenhaus Alfried-Krupp-StraBe 21 D-45131 Essen, Germany Professor DAVID JAMES BURKE, M.D., D.Sc. Department of Neurology The Prince Henry and Prince of Wales Hospitals and the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, Randwick Sydney, NSW 2031, Australia Professor WILLIAM ZEV RYMER, M.D., Ph.D. Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago 345 East Superior Street Chicago, Illinois 60611-4496, USA
ISBN-13: 978-3-642-78369-2 e-ISBN-13: 978-3-642-78367-8 DOl: 10.1007/978-3-642-78367-8 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data. Spasticity: mechanisms and management/A.F. Thilmann, D.J. Burke, W.Z. Rymer, editors. p. cm. "The editors organized a workshop on spasticity, held in Essen Germany, in November, 1992"-Pref. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 3-540-56981-2:-ISBN 0-387-56981-2 1. Spasticity-Congresses. I. Thilmann, A.F. (Alfred F.), 1950- .11. Burke, D.J. (David James), 1944- . III. Rymer, W.Z. (WiIJiam Zev), 1939- . RC935.S64S63 1993 616.8'3-dc20 93-34850 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer-Verlag. Violations are liable for prosecution under the German Copyright Law.
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Preface
Over the past 10-20 years there has been an explosion of work on the disturbance of motor control that is manifested as "spasticity." This work has been based on new insights from animal experiments into the basis of normal motor control and the development of experimental techniques that could be used in patients with neurological disturbances. For this reason, on the initiative of Alfred Thilmann, the editors of this volume organized a workshop on spasticity, held in Essen, Germany, in November, 1992.
