Physiotherapy in paediatrics

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shepherd, Roberta B. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann , 1995
Edition:3rd ed
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Sect. I INTRODUCTION TO PAEDIATRICS 1. The child, the parents and the physiotherapist
  • 2. The development of movement and skill
  • 3. Training motor control and optimizing motor learning
  • Sect. II NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS 4. Maturational, pathophysiological and recovery processes in the CNS
  • 5. Cerebral palsy
  • 6. Acute brain injury
  • 7. Minimal brain dysfunction: learning disability, attention deficit disorder, clumsiness
  • 8. Mental retardation: cognitive impairment and developmental delay
  • 9. Infections of the nervous system
  • 10. Brachial plexus lesions in infancy
  • Sect. III CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES 11. Talipes equinovarus
  • 12. Talipes calcaneovalgus
  • 13. Congenital dislocation of the hip
  • 14. Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita
  • 15. Spina bifida
  • 16. Congenital limb deficiencies
  • Sect. IV DISORDERS OF BONES, JOINTS, MUSCLES AND SKIN 17. Introduction
  • 18. Muscle disorders (myopathies)
  • 19. Torticollis
  • 20. Structural scoliosis
  • 21. Inflammatory disorders of soft tissues and joints
  • 22. Burns in childhood
  • Sect. V DISORDERS OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM 23. Introduction
  • 24. The development and mechanics of respiration
  • 25. Respiratory disorders in the neonatal period and infancy
  • 26. Respiratory disorders in childhood
  • 27. Physical evaluation and treatment
  • App. 1 Tests for reflexive and prefunctional activity
  • App. 2 Guide to developmental assessment of the infant
  • App. 3 The blind infant