The Practical Approach to Movement Disorders

Univ. of Florida, Gainesville. Pocket-sized text provides a systems-based guide to the clinical presentation, diagnosis, work-up, and management of the most common types of movement disorders encountered in clinical practice. For clinicians. Includes tables, flow charts, and bulleted-outline format. Softcover. DNLM: Movement Disorders-- Handbooks.

Frank M. Skidmore is Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, and Director at the Movement Disorders Clinic, North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System, Gainesville, Florida.

Preface	p. ix
Getting Started: The Phenomenology of Movement Disorders	p. 1
Medical Approach to Movement Disorders
The "Dancing" Patient	p. 11
The "Jerky" Patient	p. 27
The "Shaky" Patient	p. 47
The "Shuffling" Patient	p. 61
The "Twisted" Patient	p. 117
The "Tic" Patient	p. 143
The "Unsteady" Patient	p. 157
Surgical Approach to Movement Disorders
Key Concepts for Surgical Therapy for Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders	p. 173
Nonpharmacologic Approach to Movement Disorders
Speech and Swallowing Therapy	p. 205
Physical and Occupational Therapy	p. 237
Nutritional Considerations	p. 253
Index	p. 269
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