Evidence-based practice of psychology requires practitioners to follow psychological approaches and techniques that are based on the best available research evidence (Sackett, Straus, Richardson, Rosenberg, & Haynes, 2000).nfortunately, the term evidence-based practice is not always used in such a rigorous fashion, and many psychologists claim to follow evidence-based approaches even when the methods they use do not meet established criteria for efficacy (Berke, Rozell, Hogan, Norcross, and Karpiak, 2011).
Neuromuscular disease is a very broad term that encompasses many diseases and ailments that impair the functioning of the muscles, either directly, being pathologies of the muscle, or indirectly, being pathologies of nerves or neuromuscular junctions.yasthenia gravis and LambertâEaton syndrome are examples of neuromuscular junction disorders. Muscular dystrophies and inflammatory myopathies such as polymyositis are examples of primary muscular (myopathic) disorders.
Neuropathy, the most common disorder of the peripheral nervous system, is characterized by symptoms such as weakness, numbness, and changes in skin color or texture. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also called ALS or Lou Gehrigâs Disease) is a progressive motor neuron disease involving the painless deterioration of muscle function. Symptoms include muscle weakness and atrophy, and possibly difficulty with swallowing and speaking. Myopathy is a muscle disorder causing weakness that is usually most severe in the upper arms and thighs. Causes may include infection and injury. Muscular dystrophy is a group of progressive muscle disorders caused by genetic defects. Symptoms may start with weakening of the muscles closest to the trunk, muscle enlargement, and clumsiness, and progress to severe muscle deterioration and muscle contraction..