Management of the Motor Disorders of Children with Cerebral Palsy - 2nd Ed.

Informationen zum Autor David Scrutton and Diane Damiano are the authors of Management of the Motor Disorders of Children with Cerebral Palsy, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung This entirely rewritten new edition describes the most up-to-date thinking on the treatment of cerebral palsy. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Product details

• Authors: Diane Damiano, Margaret Mayston, David Scrutton, David Damiano Scrutton
• Assisted by: Diane Damiano (Editor), Margaret Mayston (Editor), David Scrutton (Editor)
• Publisher: MacKeith Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.07.2004
• EAN: 9781898683322
• ISBN: 978-1-898683-32-2
• No. of pages: 216
• Dimensions: 175 mm x 247 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Clinics in Developmental Medic; Clinics in Developmental Medicine
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine