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It takes an average of 17 years for an innovative finding to emerge from scientific depths into the daily practice of clinical
medicine (Balas & Boren, 2000). Indeed, translating evidence-based findings into clinical practice is a long and sometimes treacherous process with many
a novel finding lost in the cavernous gap that separates the laboratory from the clinic. Neuroplasticity and Rehabilitation serves as a bridge over that gap; achieving in a mere 350 pages, the integration of several years of laboratory research
with animal models into real-world applications of rehabilitation strategies for humans.
The field of brain rehabilitation is based
on the premise that functional abilities can be rehabilitated or
restored after
an injury. Nonetheless, evidence-based research to
back up the promise of functional restoration has historically been
lacking
or, at the very least, not-well communicated;
leading many health professionals to be skeptical of the field's
potential.
This volume on brain plasticity is a loud and clear
message to those skeptics that neurorehabilitation for brain-injured
individuals
provides not only compensation for lost abilities,
but also offers an avenue for the potential restoration of those
abilities.
The aim of this book is to provide a
description of the evidence and successful application of brain-based
approaches to rehabilitation.
The volume is presented in two parts. Part I
dedicated to the foundational bench work on brain plasticity underlying
approaches
to neurorehabilitation. Part II extends
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