Orthopaedic management in cerebral palsy

Author(s)

• Horstmann, Helen M. (Helen Meeks)
• Bleck, E. E. (Eugene Edmund)

Bibliographic Information

Orthopaedic management in cerebral palsy

Helen M. Horstmann and Eugene E. Bleck

（Clinics in developmental medicine, nos 173/174）

Mac Keith Press , Distributed by Blackwell Pub., 2007

2nd ed

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Clinics in Developmental Medicine Nos. 173-4 Comprehensive review of current methods of management and evaluation of the motor disorders of cerebral palsy. * Features the whole range of orthopaedic surgical procedures with commentary on each * Reviews the current epidemiology in the subject, offering perspective on prevention * Provides tables of gross motor performance to assess the measure of effectiveness of physical therapy * Describes methods of management, including: assistive technology, selective posterior rootlet rhizotomy, Botulinum toxin intramuscular injections and intrathecal Baclofen.

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Details

• NCID: BA85061641
• ISBN:
  • 9781898683520
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London,[S.l.]
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 425 p.
• Size: 29 cm
• Classification:
  • DC22 : 617.103
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Cerebral palsied children -- Rehabilitation
  • LCSH : Pediatric orthopedics
  • MESH : Cerebral Palsy -- rehabilitation
  • MESH : Orthopedic Procedures
  • MESH : Child
  • MESH : Pediatrics
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00266908