Single-Case Experimental Designs for Clinical Research and Neurorehabilitation Settings

A practical resource on single-case experimental designs for clinical and reseach neurorehabilitation settings, covering planning, implementation, and assessment.

Robyn L. Tate is Research Professor at the John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Australia. Michael Perdices is Senior Clinical Neuropsychologist at the Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia.

Series Editors' Preface. Foreword. Preface. 1. Introduction to Single-Case Experimental Designs: Historical Overview and Basic Concepts 2. Maximising Validity in Single-Case Designs 3. The Dependent Variable: Measuring the Outcomes 4. The Independent Variable: Implementing the Intervention 5. Withdrawal/Reversal Designs 6. Multiple-Baseline Designs 7. Alternating-Treatments Designs 8. Changing-Criterion Designs 9. Data Evaluation 10. Practical Application of Single-Case Methods in the Neurorehabilitation Setting: Hints for the Researcher and Clinician. Appendix: Summary Components of Selected Neurorehabilitation Studies