Current Issues in the Neurological Rehabilitation of Children and Adolescents

Dear Colleagues,

Patients with illnesses and injuries of the nervous system, especially children and adolescents, may benefit from neurological rehabilitation (NR). As with other forms of treatment, the basic goal of NR is to improve patients’ functioning, decrease the severity of their impairing symptoms, and improve their quality of life. From a broader perspective, NR should be treated as an educative process that will make it easier for the disabled individual to cope with life’s problems as independently as possible. This process requires active participation from the patient. Therefore, the recent consensus has been that NR is not performed on the disabled person, but that it is performed by them, with the help, guidance, and support of various professionals.

A number of factors have contributed to the major changes and advances that have taken place in recent years within NR, e.g., changes in the disability model, advances in medical technology, and progress in neuroscience. Currently, the dominant biopsychosocial model of disability places emphasis on the individual’s abilities rather than their disabilities and on the role of the social environment. This has resulted in an increase in the roles of such specialists as neuropsychologists, speech–language pathologists, occupation therapists, and physiotherapists.

This Special Issue aims to discuss recent advances and changes in the field of neurological rehabilitation and their influence on the diagnosis and treatment of major neurological illnesses and disabilities, with particular emphasis on children and adolescents. We are interested in original research and review articles that may be helpful in further advancing current knowledge and practice in the field of NR. Please note that clinical studies not sufficiently addressing the aim of the journal will not be considered.

Topics include, but are not limited to:

1. Biofeedback methods in the neurological rehabilitation of children and adolescents;
2. Robotics in the neurological rehabilitation of children and adolescents;
3. Gamification in the neurological rehabilitation of children and adolescents;
4. Improving gait in the neurological rehabilitation of children and adolescents;
5. Improving manual functions in the neurological rehabilitation of children and adolescents;
6. The correction of body posture in the neurological rehabilitation of children and adolescents;
7. Daily-life problems faced by the carers of children and adolescents participating in neurological rehabilitation;
8. Differentiation of the nutritional status of children and adolescents participating in neurorehabilitation;
9. The rehabilitation of balance and coordination disorders in children and adolescents with neurodysfunctions;
10. The rehabilitation of cognitive and speech functions in children and adolescents with neurodysfunctions.

Dr. Lidia Perenc
Dr. Agnieszka Guzik
Dr. Mariusz Drużbicki
Guest Editors

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• pediatric neurorehabilitation
• neurological disorders
• assessment
• treatment
• quality of life
• robotics- and computer-assisted training
• rehabilitation teams