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Treating the child with total body involvement /

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This seminar presents assessment and treatment issues for children with total body involvement. Issues of hypotonia, dynamic tightness, and dystonia are discussed and treatment strategies are provided. Specific handling techniques are demonstrated to decrease dynamic tightness and gain mobility and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ritchie, Gail
Other Authors: Kliebhan, Linda A.
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Fairacres, NM : Clinician's View, 2010.
Series:Rehabilitation therapy in video
Subjects:
Neuromuscular diseases in children > Treatment.
Muscle hypotonia in children.
Maladies neuromusculaires chez l'enfant > Traitement.
Hypotonie musculaire chez l'enfant.
Streaming videos.
Educational films.
Nonfiction films.
Films éducatifs.
Films autres que de fiction.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:This seminar presents assessment and treatment issues for children with total body involvement. Issues of hypotonia, dynamic tightness, and dystonia are discussed and treatment strategies are provided. Specific handling techniques are demonstrated to decrease dynamic tightness and gain mobility and elongation of various muscle groups, including the shoulder girdle, trunk, upper and lower extremities. Treatment demonstrations with children who have dynamic tightness and dystonia are presented.
Item Description:Previously released as a compact disc.
Title from resource description page (viewed Aug. 30, 2012).
Physical Description:1 online resource (789 min.).