Caring for children with cerebral palsy : a team approach
Title:
Caring for children with cerebral palsy : a team approach
Author:
Dormans, John P.
Publication Information:
Baltimore : P.H. Brookes Pub. Co., [1998]
©1998
Physical Description:
xiv, 533 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
I. Introduction to cerebral palsy and the interdisciplinary team approach. Definitions, etiology, and epidemiology of cerebral palsy ; Making the diagnosis of cerebral palsy / Louis Pellegrino and John P. Dormans -- Interdisciplinary care of the child with cerebral palsy / Louis Pellegrino and Gretchen Meyer -- Well-child care and health maintenance / Louis Pellegrino. II. Management of impairments related to cerebral palsy. The management of spasticity / Stephanie Ried ... [et al.] -- Musculoskeletal impairments : introduction to the orthopedics of cerebral palsy ; Orthopedic approaches to treatment / John P. Dormans and Lawson A. Copley -- Gait analysis in cerebral palsy / Freeman Miller -- Postsurgical management of cerebral palsy / Sandy McGee, Johanna E. Deitz Curry, and John P. Dormans -- Neurosurgical treatment of spasticity / Ann-Christine Duhaime and Shirley Albinson-Scull -- Nutrition and feeding / Peggy S. Eicher.
III. Optimizing function of the child with cerebral palsy : preventing disability. Promoting functional mobility / Johanna E. Deitz Curry -- Promoting function in daily living skills / Lesley A. Geyer, Lisa A. Kurtz, and Lynette E. Byarm -- Promoting function : communication / Cynthia B. Solot -- Assistive technology / Jennifer Rauck Burstein, Mary Lisa Wright-Drechsel, and Audrey Wood -- Orthotic management / James S. Walker and Meg Stanger. IV. Creating opportunities for the child with cerebral palsy : preventing handicap. The family / Symme W. Trachtenberg and Christine F. Rouse -- The school / Susan K. Effgen -- Public policy : disability-related legislation / Linda Hock-Long -- Transitions to adulthood : the adult with cerebral palsy / Adadot Hayes.
ISBN:
9781557663221
Format :
Book