David Scrutton / Diane Damiano / Margaret Mayston (eds.)

Management of the Motor Disorders of Children with Cerebral Palsy

Herausgeber: Scrutton, David; Mayston, Margaret; Damiano, Diane

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This entirely rewritten edition presents a worldwide overview of the optimal approach to treatment of children with cerebral palsy. Coverage includes the coordination of care and the management team; the types of cerebral palsy; assessment; goal-setting; learning and neural plasticity; global therapeutic approaches and more focused (topical) therapies; the mechanisms of deformity, its prevention and treatment; and the transition to adult life.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Mac Keith Press
• 2. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 493g
• ISBN-13: 9781898683322
• ISBN-10: 1898683328
• Artikelnr.: 23020403

Autorenporträt

David Scrutton and Diane Damiano are the authors of Management of the Motor Disorders of Children with Cerebral Palsy, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Martin Bax and David Scrutton
1. The family's needs: coordination of care and the management team Peter Rosenbaum
2. The types of cerebral palsy
3. Multidisciplinary Roslyn Boyd
4. Goal setting and outcome measures Eva Bower
5. Global therapeutic approaches and the evolving role of physical therapy Margaret Mayston
6. Learning and neural plasticity Mary Galea
7. Focussed therapeutic approaches Diane Damiano
8. Mechanisms of deformity H. K. Graham
9. Prevention of deformity Aidan Cosgrove
10. Treatment and management of hypertonia Jean-Pierre Lin
11. Transition to adulthood Sue Edwards
12. Prospects for the future Murray Goldstein
Index.