Cerebral Palsy

de Bernard Dan, Margaret Mayston, Nigel Paneth, Lewis Rosenbloom

This landmark title considers all aspects of cerebral palsy from the causes to clinical problems and their implications for individuals. An international team of experts provides clinicians and researchers with key information on the mechanisms underlying impairments in movement, development, cognition, communication, vision, feeding, behavior, sexuality, and musculoskeletal deformities. They present a wide range of person-centered assessment approaches, including clinical evaluation, measurement scales, neuroimaging and gait analysis. The principles of multi-disciplinary management are presented, in terms of therapist intervention, medication and surgery. The perspective of the book spans the lifelong course of cerebral palsy, taking into account worldwide differences in socio-economic and cultural factors. Many chapters are illustrated with clinical vignettes enabling direct translation into practice. Full integrated color, with extensive cross-referencing make this a highly attractive and useful reference. - Publisher.