Treatment of cerebral palsy and motor delay

• Main Author: Levitt, Sophie (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Malden, Mass. Blackwell Pub. 2010
• Edition: Fifth Edition
• Subjects: Cerebral Palsy > therapy; Child; Motor Skills; Motor Skills Disorders > therapy; Physical Therapy Modalities
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Treatment of Cerebral Palsy and Motor Delay is first and foremost a practical book, a distillation of Sophie Levitt's considerable experience in treating those affected by cerebral palsy. This fifth edition outlines therapeutic approaches and suggests treatment and management options, providing...

Table of Contents:

• The clinical picture for therapy and management
• A collaborative learning approach
• Outline of treatment approaches
• Evidence-based practice
• Synthesis of treatment systems
• Learning motor function
• The older person with cerebral palsy
• Assessment for therapy and daily function
• Treatment procedures and management
• Motor function and the child's daily life
• Management of deformity
• Therapeutic group work.