"Diagnostics and Rehabilitation of Parkinson's Disease" ed. by Juliana Dushanova

This book presents the most current information pertaining to news-making topics relating to this disease, including etiology, early biomarkers for the diagnostics, novel methods to evaluate symptoms, research, multidisciplinary rehabilitation, new applications of brain imaging and invasive methods to the study of Parkinson's disease.

Written by leading scientists on movement and neurological disorders, this comprehensive book should appeal to a multidisciplinary audience and help people cope with medical, emotional, and practical challenges.

Contents
Preface
Part 1 Biomarkers for Preclinical Diagnosis of PD
1 Early Marker for the Diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease
2 Diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease by Electrophysiological Methods
3 Brain Event - Related Oscillations in Parkinsonian Patients During Discrimination Task Conditions
4 Extraction of Single-Trial Post-Movement MEG Beta Synchronization in Normal and Parkinson's Patient Using ICA-Based Spatiotemporal Approach
5 Developing an MRI-Based Biomarker for Early Diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease
6 Neuroimaging in Manganese-Induced Parkinsonism
7 Minor and Trace Elements in Cerebrospinal Fluid of Parkinson's Patients - Suggestions After a Critical Review of the Analytical Data
8 Language Processing in Parkinson's Disease Patients Without Dementia
Part 2 Novel Methods to Evaluate the Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease
9 Novel Methods to Evaluate Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease - Rigidity and Finger Tapping
10 Relevance of Aerodynamic Evaluation in Parkinsonian Dysarthria
11 Objective Evaluation of the Severity of Parkinsonism Using Power-Law Temporal Auto-Correlation of Activity
12 Postural Control While Sitting and Its Association with Risk of Falls in Patients with Parkinson's Disease
Part 3 Multidisciplinary Cognitive Rehabilitation in Parkinson's Disease
13 Cognitive Rehabilitation in Parkinson's Disease Using Neuropsychological Training, Transfer Training and Sports Therapy
14 Mobile Systems as a Challenge for Neurological Diseases Management - The Case of Parkinson's Disease
15 An Investigation into the Impact of Parkinson's Disease upon Decision Making Ability and Driving Performance
16 Effects of a Multimodal Exercise Program on Clinical. Functional Mobility and Cognitive Parameters of Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease Patients
17 Rehabilitation of Patients Suffering from Parkinson's Disease by Normotensive Therapy
18 Potentials of Telehealth Devices for Speech Therapy in Parkinson's Disease
19 Rehabilitation Versus no Intervention - Only a Continued Intensive Program Conducted Statistically Significant Improvements Motor Skills in Parkinson's Disease Patients
20 Improving Transfer of Parkinson's Disease Patients - Sit-to-Stand Motion Assistance
Part 4 Invasive Methods Examine in Patients with Parkinson's Disease
21 Human Central Nervous System Circuits Examined in Patients with Parkinson's Disease Using the Electrodes Implanted for Deep Brain Stimulation
22 Estimation of Electrode Position with Fused Images of Preoperative MRI and Postoperative CT Using the Mutual Information Technique After STN DBS in Patients with Advanced Parkinson's Disease
23 Electrical Stimulation of Primary Motor Cortex for Parkinson's Syndrome
24 Joint Replacement Surgery in Parkinson's Disease

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