La riabilitazione dei disturbi cognitivi nella sclerosi multipla = The rehabilitation of cognitive disorders in multiple sclerosis
- Author
- Ugo Nocentini, Sarah Vincenzo
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer
- Language
- Italian
- Document Type
- Book
- Faculty / Subject Heading
- Medical Science
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Multiple sclerosis is one of the most frequent causes of chronic disability in young adults. It mainly affects individuals between 20 and 50 years of age, with a peak of incidence around the age of 30. This disease is characterized by the presence of demyelinating lesions of an inflammatory nature disseminated in the central nervous system. The different localization of these lesions is at the basis of the variability of clinical symptoms which can be characterized by motor, sensory, neurovegetative and cognitive disorders. The latter concern about half of the patients affected by this pathology and have a significant impact on the personal, family and work situation of these patients.
Keywords: Medicine / Rehabilitation Medicine / Neurosciences / Neurology / Psychiatry / Speech Pathology / Sclerosi multipla / Deficit cognitivi / Riabilitazione / Rehabilitation psychology / Multiple Sclerosis / Cognitive Deficits / Rehabilitation
