Motor Disorders calls for papers / publications

Call for Papers: Controversies in Movement Disorder Surgery

Topic Editors: Mark Liker, Emad Eskandar, Sameer Sheth

Deadline for submission of manuscripts  July 15, 2013 [midnight E.S.T.]

Call for Manuscripts for a Special Issue of the Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy: Motor Learning in Neurorehabilitation

The Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy (JNPT) is reviewing manuscripts for a special issue on Motor Learning in Neurorehabilitation. Over the past 30 years, we have witnessed an expansion of basic and clinical research in motor learning that has furthered our understanding of the neural and psychological mechanisms underlying learning in healthy and clinical populations.  This special issue will feature recent advances in the field and how they may be applied to neurorehabilitation.

Potential topics may include but are not limited to:

Reframing motor learning theories in the 21st century

Motivation, expectation, and self-efficacy influences on motor learning

Neural correlates and mechanisms of different forms of motor learning

Innovative approaches to enhancing motor learning in neurologic rehabilitation

Emerging interventions derived from new understandings of brain function (e.g. imagery, action observation)

Impact of neurologic pathology on motor learning capacity

Please note this is a competitive call for papers. JNPT receives more submissions than can be published and therefore it will likely not be possible to publish all manuscripts submitted in response to this call. Prospective authors are encouraged to contact the Special Issue Editors: Drs. Catherine Lang (langc@wustl.edu), Beth Fisher (bfisher@usc.edu) and Susanne Morton (susanne-morton@uiowa.edu) regarding their submission. First drafts will be due on September 1, 2013 with a target JNPT publication date of April 1, 2014.

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