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Cerebral Palsy

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  • © 2005

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Authors:
  1. Freeman Miller

    1. Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Nemours Foundation, Wilmington, USA

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  • Dr. Miller’s valuable resource helps members of the medical team navigate the complexity of cerebral palsy care by explaining unfamiliar treatments that fall outside of their own disciplines
  • Readers also benefit from a review of current practices in their own fields
  • Includes recommended treatment algorithms and is designed to help improve decision making
  • Text is a high-ticketed library item
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (28 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Cerebral Palsy Management

    1. The Child, the Parent, and the Goal

      Pages 3-25

    2. Etiology, Epidemiology, Pathology, and Diagnosis

      Pages 27-50

    3. Patient Management

      Pages 51-93

    4. Neurologic Control of the Musculoskeletal System

      Pages 95-149

    5. Therapy, Education, and Other Treatment Modalities

      Pages 151-180

    6. Durable Medical Equipment

      Pages 181-249

    7. Gait

      Pages 251-386

    8. Upper Extremity

      Pages 387-432

    9. Spine

      Pages 433-522

    10. Hip

      Pages 523-666

    11. Knee, Leg, and Foot

      Pages 667-802

  3. Rehabilitation Techniques

    1. Neurodevelopmental Therapy

      • Elizabeth Jeanson
      Pages 805-806

    2. Strengthening Exercises

      • Diane Damiano
      Pages 806-808

    3. Balance Interventions

      • Betsy Mullan
      Pages 808-809

    4. Electrical Stimulation Techniques

      • Adam J. Rush
      Pages 809-810

    5. Hippotherapy

      • Stacey Travis
      Pages 810-811

    6. Aquatic Therapy

      • Jesse Hanlon, Mozghan Hines
      Pages 811-818

    7. Assistive Devices

      • Mary Bolton
      Pages 818-821

    8. Seating Systems

      • Denise Peischl, Liz Koczur, Carrie Strine
      Pages 821-828
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About this book

Cerebral palsy is a lifelong condition that affects the individual, family, and immediate community. Therefore, the goal of allowing the individual with cerebral palsy to live life with the least impact of the disability requires c- plex attention to the individual and the family. Furthermore, society needs to be sensitive and to accommodate individuals with disabilities by limiting architectural impediments and providing accessible public transportation and communication. The educational system provides the key means for helping the individual prepare to function in society to his or her maximum ability. In many ways, the medical care system probably has the least sign- icant role in preparing the child with cerebral palsy to function optimally in society. However, the medical care system is the place where parents first learn that their child has developmental issues outside the expected norm. It is almost universally the place where parents also expect the child to be made normal in our modern society. In earlier times, the parents would expect healing to possibly come from the doctor, but also they would place hope for healing in religion. As this belief in spiritual or miraculous healing has - creased, a significant font of hope has decreased for parents of young ch- dren with disabilities.

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"The aim of this textbook is to provide all the available information to help the child with cerebral palsy to develop into an adult in whom the effects of the disease are managed … . The originality of this unique textbook is that it provides in one single volume … a tremendous amount of information, knowledge and education material … . It will therefore be a major source of interest for a large number of professionals taking care of disabled children … ." (C. Karger, European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology, Vol. 16, 2006)

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  • Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Nemours Foundation, Wilmington, USA

    Freeman Miller

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