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| List of Contributors | |
| Foreword | |
| Preface | |
| Acknowledgements | |
| Introduction | |
| Definition of stroke | |
| Impact of stroke | |
| Symptoms of stroke | |
| Causes of stroke | |
| Classification of stroke | |
| International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health | |
| Medical investigations following stroke and TIA | |
| The prevention of recurrence of stroke (secondary prevention) | |
| Neuroanatomy | |
| Damage that can occur in different areas of the brain | |
| Policy documents relating to stroke | |
| Self-evaluation questions | |
| Theoretical Basis | |
| Introduction | |
| Theoretical constructs | |
| Conceptual models of practice | |
| Frames of reference | |
| Neuroplasticity | |
| Intervention approaches | |
| Self-evaluation questions | |
| The Occupational Therapy Process | |
| Introduction | |
| The occupational therapy process | |
| Professional duties | |
| Self-evaluation questions | |
| Early Management | |
| Introduction | |
| Prior to assessment | |
| Initial interview | |
| Initial assessment | |
| Intervention | |
| Equipment | |
| Other impairments impacting on functional ability | |
| Swallowing | |
| Mood | |
| Fatigue | |
| Self-evaluation questions | |
| Management of Motor Impairments | |
| Introduction | |
| Assessment | |
| Management principles and intervention | |
| Therapeutic aims of intervention | |
| Positioning the early stroke patient | |
| Self-care activities | |
| Clinical challenges | |
| Upper limb re-education | |
| Avoiding secondary complications | |
| Self-evaluation questions | |
| Management of Visual and Sensory Impairments | |
| Introduction | |
| Visual processing | |
| Assessment | |
| Somatosensory processing | |
| Theoretical approach | |
| Assessment | |
| Auditory processing | |
| Assessment | |
| Vestibular processing | |
| Assessment | |
| Olfactory and gustatory processing | |
| Self-evaluation questions | |
| Management of Cognitive Impairments | |
| Definition of cognition | |
| Cognitive functions | |
| Assessment of cognitive functions | |
| Cognitive rehabilitation | |
| Attention | |
| Memory | |
| Language | |
| Motor planning and apraxia | |
| Executive dysfunction | |
| Self-evaluation questions | |
| Management of Perceptual Impairments | |
| Introduction | |
| Definition of perception | |
| Normal perception | |
| Perceptual impairments | |
| Perceptual assessment | |
| Intervention | |
| General intervention tips | |
| Specific intervention strategies | |
| General assessment and intervention plan | |
| Self-evaluation questions | |
| Resettlement | |
| Home visits | |
| Community rehabilitation | |
| Support available after a stroke and self-management | |
| Carers | |
| Younger people | |
| Lifestyle and long-term management | |
| Leisure rehabilitation | |
| Getting out of the house and transport | |
| Driving after stroke | |
| Vocational rehabilitation | |
| Resuming sexual activity | |
| Stroke education | |
| Self-evaluation questions | |
| Evaluation | |
| Record keeping | |
| Methods of recording occupational therapy intervention | |
| Pros and cons of multidisciplinary joint documentation | |
| Standardised assessments | |
| Differential diagnoses | |
| Useful assessments | |
| Evidence-based practice (EBP) | |
| Appraising the identified evidence | |
| Implementing findings into clinical practice and evaluating outcomes | |
| Outcome measures | |
| Standards | |
| Self-evaluation questions | |
| Appendix: One-Handed Techniques | |
| References | |
| Definitions | |
| Useful Books | |
| Useful Organisations | |
| Index | |
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