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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786213303321

Autore

Gage James R

Titolo

The Identification and Treatment of Gait Problems in Cerebral Palsy , 2nd Edition [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Mac Keith Press, 2009

ISBN

1-898683-90-5

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1240 p.)

Collana

Clinics in Developmental Medicine

Altri autori (Persone)

SchwartzMichael H

KoopSteven E

Disciplina

618.92836

Soggetti

Cerebral palsy -- Complications

Child

Gait disorders, Neurologic -- Therapy

Gait disorders

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; AUTHORS' APPOINTMENTS; PREFACE; SECTION 1: TYPICAL MUSCULOSKELETAL DEVELOPMENT; PART I: GAIT PROBLEMS IN CEREBRAL PALSY; 1.1. THE NEURAL CONTROL OF MOVEMENT; 1.2. MUSCULOSKELETAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; 1.3. NORMAL GAIT; SECTION 2: GAIT PATHOLOGY IN INDIVIDUALS WITH CEREBRAL PALSY INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW; 2.1. MECHANISMS AND MANIFESTATIONS OF NEONATAL BRAIN INJURY; 2.2. THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF SPASTICITY; 2.3. BASAL GANGLIA INJURY AND RESULTING MOVEMENT DISORDERS; 2.4. CONSEQUENCES OF BRAIN INJURY ON MUSCULOSKELETAL DEVELOPMENT

2.5. MUSCLE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION IN CEREBRAL PALSY2.6. CLASSIFICATION OF CEREBRAL PALSY AND PATTERNS OF GAIT PATHOLOGY; 2.7. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF AMBULATION IN CEREBRAL PALSY; SECTION 3: PATIENT ASSESSMENT INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW; 3.1. CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; 3.2. FOOT BIOMECHANICS AND PATHOLOGY; 3.3. NEUROIMAGING OF THE BRAIN; 3.4. RADIOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF THE PATIENT WITH CEREBRAL PALSY; 3.5. GAIT ANALYSIS: KINEMATICS, KINETICS, ELECTROMYOGRAPHY,OXYGEN CONSUMPTION AND PEDOBAROGRAPHY; 3.6. MODELING AND



SIMULATION OF NORMAL AND PATHOLOGICAL GAIT

INTERLUDE: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW OF TREATMENT PHILOSOPHYSECTION 4: NON-OPERATIVE TREATMENT; PART II: TREATMENT; 4.1. PHYSICAL THERAPY; 4.2. ORTHOSES; 4.3. PHARMACOLOGIC TREATMENT WITH ORAL MEDICATIONS; 4.4. PHARMACOLOGIC TREATMENT WITH BOTULINUM TOXIN; SECTION 5: OPERATIVE TREATMENT; 5.1. TREATMENT OF SPASTICITY WITH INTRATHECAL BACLOFEN; 5.2. TREATMENT OF SPASTICITY WITH SELECTIVE DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; 5.3. NEUROSURGICAL TREATMENT OF DYSTONIA; 5.4. REHABILITATION FOLLOWING SPASTICITY REDUCTION; 5.5. ORTHOPAEDIC TREATMENT OF MUSCLE CONTRACTURES

Sommario/riassunto

The only book dealing with the treatment of gait problems in cerebral palsy. From neurological control, musculoskeletal growth and cerebral injury through to treatment strategies (inclding orthopedic surgery).

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813274803321

Autore

Howard Jay R.

Titolo

Discussion in the college classroom : getting your students engaged and participating in person and online / / Jay R. Howard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco, California : , : Jossey-Bass, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-118-57174-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Disciplina

378.1/25

Soggetti

College teaching

Seminars

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : why bother with classroom discussion? -- Is anyone really paying attention? -- The challenge of dominant talkers -- Students' differing definitions of the classroom -- Making online discussion work -- To grade or not to grade? and other conundrums.

Sommario/riassunto

Keep students engaged and actively learning with focused, relevant



discussion  Second only to lecture as the most widely used instructional strategy, there's no better method than classroom discussion to actively engage students with course material. Most faculty are not aware that there is an extensive body of research on the topic from which instructors can learn to facilitate exceptional classroom discussion. Discussion in the College Classroom is a practical guide which utilizes that research, frames it sociologically, and offers advice, along with a wide variety of strategies, to help you