Physiotherapy in paediatrics
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Butterworth-Heinemann ,
1995
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| Edition: | 3rd ed |
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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