Bickerstaff's Neurological Examination In Clinical Practice by Kameshwar Prasad 7th edition

Bickerstaff's Neurological Examination in Clinical Practice / Seventh Adapted Edition

full revised edition of a classic textbook is designed for undergraduate and postgraduate

This general medicine and neurology students requiring a complete understanding of the basic knowledge and skills surrounding clinical neurological examination.

Bickerstaff's Neurological Examination in Clinical Practice focuses on teaching the techniques of neurological examination together with the principal methods of disorder investigation and then suggests how these findings can best be applied in the treatment and management of patients. This approach enables the reader to gain a thorough understanding of neurological

examination techniques.

New to This Edition

A new chapter on localization: providing key points to students in localizing the site of lesions in patients with neurological disorders. The chapter begins with localizing features of disorders involving the muscles and neuromuscular junction and then discusses the cardinal features of lesions of the various parts of the neuraxis. An apppendix on history

taking and neurological examination: providing a useful resource, in check list form, of tests to be conducted and actions to be taken in the neurological examination of the patient along with their normal and abnormal results- perfect for undergraduate students in particular. Online CD Content: containing video clips of a wide range of neurological conditions,

particularly, involuntary movements, which allows students to identify the classical patterns of

movement disorders. Professor Kameshwar Prasad, Professor of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, is a renowned neurologist both within India and globally, particularly, for his research, in Stroke and Research Methodology. His areas of interest include Clinical Neurology, Stroke, Evidence-Based Medicine, Medical Education and Clinical Epidemiology.

Dr Ravi Yadav, Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, and Adjunct faculty member, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore. Besides teaching, Dr Yadav is actively involved in conducting various academic programmes in neurology for postgraduate students in medicine, psychiatry and neurology. He is also a consultant in the Parkinson's disease and Movement Disorder Clinic at NIMHANS.