The Identification and Treatment of Gait Problems in Cerebral Palsy , 2nd Edition

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910822782103321
• Autore: Gage James R
• 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).