title: Nutritional Alterations Associated with Neurological and Neurosurgical Diseases.
abstract: Neurological and neurosurgical diseases lead to complications producing malnutrition increasing pathology and mortality. In order to avoid complications because of malnutrition or overcome deficiencies in nutrients supplements are often used for these subjects. The physiopathological mechanisms of malnutrition, methods of nutritional assessment and the supplemental support are reviewed in this paper based on the assumption that patients need to receive adequate nutrition to promote optimal recovery, placing nutrition as a first line treatment and not an afterthought in the rehabilitation.
authors: Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Department, European Interbalkan Medical Center "DIABALKANIKO", Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors: Yannis
authors: Y
authors: Dionyssiotis
authors: Rehabilitation Center "KENTAVROS", Volos, Thessaly, Greece.
authors: Aris
authors: A
authors: Papachristos
authors: 2 Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Department, National Rehabilitation Center "EKA-KAT", Ilion, Athens, Greece.
authors: Konstantina
authors: K
authors: Petropoulou
authors: Section of Kinesiotherapy & Physiotherapy Department of Preventive Medicine, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria.
authors: Jannis
authors: J
authors: Papathanasiou
authors: 1 Department of Orthopaedics, General University Hospital "ATTIKON", Athens, Greece.
authors: Panayiotis
authors: P
authors: Papagelopoulos
keywords: Disabled; Malnutrition; Neurological; Neurosurgical; Rehabilitation