Upper motor neurone syndrome and spasticity. Clinical management and neurophysiology

Upper motor neurone syndrome and spasticity. Clinical management and neurophysiology . Edited by michael p barnes andgarth r johnson (Pp 317, £34.95). Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2001. ISBN 0 521 79427 7. This multiauthor book aims to improve the management of patients with spasticity in two ways. It provides a clear and clinically relevant account of the underlying neurophysiology that will help clinicians understand the nature and genesis of the problem. And it provides a critical and up to date review of much of the relevant clinical evidence. Some parts of the book are weak, but this book will not mislead and is good value for money. One weak area in the book is the coverage of the measurement of spasticity. There is one chapter devoted to the topic, by one of the editors, …