Restorative neurology

Restorative neurology is a branch of neurology dedicated to improve functions of the impaired nervous system through selective structural or functional modification of abnormal neurocontrol according to underlying mechanisms and clinically unrecognized residual functions.^[1][2] It is applied in a wide range of disorders of the nervous system, including upper motor neuron dysfunctions like spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis and acquired brain injury including stroke, and neuromuscular diseases as well as for control of pain and spasticity. Instead of applying a reconstructive neurobiological approach, i.e. structural modifications, restorative neurology relies on improving residual function.

Further reading and external links

• International Society for Restorative Neurology
• Dimitrijevic, M. R., Kakulas, B. A., McKay, W. B. and Vrbovà, G. (eds., 2012). Restorative Neurology of Spinal Cord Injury. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-974650-7.
• Dimitrijevic, M. R., Kakulas, B. A. and Vrbovà, G. (eds., 1986). Recent Achievements in Restorative Neurology 2: Progressive Neuromuscular Diseases. Basel: S Karger. ISBN 978-3805542227.
• Dimitrijevic, M. R., Kakulas, B. A. and Vrbovà, G. (eds., 1990). Recent Achievements in Restorative Neurology 3: Altered Sensation and Pain: Symposium on Altered Sensation and Pain. Basel: S Karger. ISBN 978-3805550369.
• Eccles, J. and Dimitrijevic, M. R. (eds., 1985). Recent Achievements in Restorative Neurology: Upper Motor Neuron Functions and Dysfunctions. Basel: S Karger. ISBN 978-3805540209.

References

1. Eccles, J.; Dimitrijevic, M. R. (1985). Recent Achievements in Restorative Neurology: Upper Motor Neuron Functions and Dysfunctions. Basel: S Karger. ISBN 978-3805540209.
2. "Vienna Program for Movement Recovery". Retrieved 13 November 2012.