This is a comprehensive reference covering all aspects of stroke rehabilitation - from the neurophysiology of stroke recovery through to the latest treatments, interventions, and outcomes. This second edition is completely updated to reflect recent advances in scientific understanding of neural recovery and ongoing clinical progress. It also features expanded coverage of key issues, five entirely new chapters, and the contributions of many new authors.

"1. The Historical Origins of Stroke Rehabilitation; 2. Epidemiology of Stroke; 3. Pathophysiology and Management of Acute Stroke; 4. Neuroimaging of Acute Stroke; 5. Cerebral Stroke Syndromes; 6. Infratentorial Stroke Syndromes; 7. The Mechanisms and Neurophysiology of Recovery from Stroke; 8. Functional Imaging and Stroke Recovery; 9. TMS and Other Biomarkers of Stroke Recovery; 10. Genetics of Stroke Recovery; 11. Physiological Basis of Rehabilitation Therapeutics in Stroke; 12. Medications and Stroke Recovery; 13. Aphasia, Apraxia of Speech, and Dysarthria; 14. Dysphagia; 15. Right Hemispheric Neurobehavioral Syndromes; 16. Memory, Executive Function and Dementia; 17. Central Post-Stroke Pain; 18. Visual, Oculomotor, and Vestibular Deficits; 19. Patterns of Locomotor Recovery after Stroke; 20. Task-Oriented Training to Promote Upper Extremity Recovery; 21. Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation for Motor Restoration in Hemiplegia; 22. Robots in Stroke Rehabilitation; 23. Virtual Reality; 24. Walking Recovery and Rehabilitation after Stroke; 25. Recovery and Rehabilitation of Standing Balance after Stroke; 26. Secondary Prevention of Ischemic Stroke; 27. Prevention of Deconditioning after Stroke; 28. Medical Complications after Stroke; 29. Physiology and Management of Spasticity after Stroke; 30. Shoulder Pain and Other Musculoskeletal Complications; 31. Depression and Other Neuropsychiatric Complications; 32. Fatigue after Stroke; 33. Sleep Disturbances after Stroke; 34. Malnutrition after Stroke; 35. Bowel and Bladder Management after Stroke; 36. Orthotic Management in Stroke; 37. Alternative, Complementary, and Integrative Medicine; 38. Seating, Assistive Technology, and Equipment; 39. Stroke-specific Functional Assessment Instruments; 40. Predictive Factors for Recovery; 41. Stroke Services: A Global Perspective; 42. Levels of Rehabilitative Care and Patient Triage; 43. Rehabilitation of Children after Stroke; 44. Stroke in Young Adults; 45. Stroke in Older Adults; 46. Ethical Issues in the Care of Stroke Survivors; 47. Stroke and the Family; 48. Driving after Stroke; 49. Sports and Recreation; 50. Sexualuty after Stroke; 51. Vocational Rehabilitation after Stroke; 52. Stroke from the Survivor's Perspective; "