A Practical Approach to Movement Disorders: Diagnosis and Medical and Surgical Management

This book provides the busy clinician with a quick, symptom-based guide to the clinical presentation, diagnosis, work-up, and management of the most common types of movement disorders encountered in clinical practice, including Parkinson's disease, chorea, dystonia, myoclonus, and ataxia. Written in expanded outline format, with frequent diagnostic and therapeutic algorithms, tables, and scales, it is an essential guide for clinicians faced with patients with movement disorders.A Practical Approach to Movement Disorders is a welcome departure from the typical lengthy, disease-based hardbound texts ill suited for the busy clinician. Practical yet authoritative, this fit-in-your-coat-pocket guide begins with a comprehensive description of the different presentations of movement disorders. It then details the medical, surgical, and non-pharmacological approaches, including speech and swallowing therapy and physical and occupational therapy.Key features include: Symptom-based, rather than disease-based, chapters A focus on the most common movement disorders A unique section on the neurological aspects of deep brain stimulation (DBS) Dozens of diagnostic and management pearls Suggested readings for each chapter Handy and comprehensive, A Practical Approach to Movement Disorders is the only guide for busy clinicians needing quick information on movement disorders.

About the Author

Dr. Hubert H. Fernandez, MD, Professor of Medicine (Neurology), Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Head of Movement Disorders, Center for Neurological Restoration, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH Michael S. Okun, MD, is Adelaide Lackner Associate Professor and the current National Medical Director of the National Parkinson Foundation. He is the Co-Director of the Movement Disorders Center located within the McKnight Brain Institute and the University of Florida College of Medicine. Ramon L. Rodriguez, MD, is a Clinical Assistant Professor, and Director of Clinical Services at the Movement Disorders Center, Department of Neurology, University of Florida College of Medicine, McKnight Brain Institute, Gainesville, FL Frank M. Skidmore, MD, is an Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, and Director of the Movement Disorders Clinic at the North Florida/South Georgia VAMC.