Cerebral palsy : principles and management /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Panteliadis, Christos P., Strassburg, Hans-Michael
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Stuttgart ; New York : Georg Thieme Verlag, 2004.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • History and terminology
  • Classification
  • Incidence and prevalence
  • Aetiology
  • Neuropathology of cerebral palsy
  • Clinical characteristics
  • Differential diagnosis of cerebral palsy
  • Posttraumatic brain damage
  • Brain imaging : ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging
  • Nuclear (molecular) imaging in CP
  • Additional clincal problems in children with cerebral palsy
  • Epilepsy in cerebral palsy
  • Therapeutic concepts
  • Alternative treatment methods
  • Opportunities and limitiation in prescribing seating systems - a physiotherapist's perspective
  • Treatment with botulinum toxin
  • Selective dorsal rhizotomy for the treatment of spasticity
  • Oral and intrathecal pharmacotherapy of spasticity
  • Long-term prognosis
  • Orthopaedic management of cerebral palsy
  • Scoliosis in infantile cerebral palsy
  • Modern stereotactic operations for treatment of cerebral palsy
  • Psychological diagnosis
  • Psychosocial aspects