Bücher der Reihe Clinics in Developmental Medicine

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.

Children with craniosynostosis are born with congenital deformities of the face and skull. In severe cases associated problems are common. The child who is not properly cared for can end up blind, deaf and with severe learning difficulties. In addition, they may be left with unacceptable facial deformities. Outside specialized craniofacial units, there is at present nowhere for those involved in primary or secondary care to go for help with the many practical problems that these children present. In this book, a distinguished team of editors have assembled experts in the field to introduce the non-craniofacial specialist to what can be achieved and how they can contribute to the child's welfare. It will be essential reading for paediatricians seeking practical information about the management of these disorders, and for specialists in neurosurgery, ENT, ophthalmology, plastic surgery, maxillo-facial surgery, orthodontics, psychology, genetics, anaesthesia, audiology and speech therapy.

Clinics in Developmental Medicine No. 179 The complex nature of the postural control system makes it vulnerable to adverse conditions during early life, such as prenatally or perinatally acquired lesions of the brain or preterm birth. Children with disorders of the developing brain nearly always have dysfunctions in postural control.

A practical guide to common learning disorders detailing causation, epidemiology, and essential preventive and management information.

This is essential reading for clinicians, therapists and other professionals who treat and support non-speaking children.

Multidisciplinary volume addressing the practicalities of assessment of ineffective communication in the preschool child.

This concise, broad and practical text covers all clinical aspects of central nervous system tumours in children.

International experts provide practical guidance on appropriate implementation of behavioural therapy.

A unique analysis of childhood motor development from the perspectives of both neuropsychology and neurophysiology.

A detailed survey allowing the formulation and testing of hypotheses about the causes and consequences of haemorrhage.

Clinics in Developmental Medicine No. 178 For most children with cerebral palsy, the extent to which they can use their hands is critical to their overall development. Over the last two decades there have been major advances in the understanding of hand function.

This book provides what every clinician should know about the developing hip joint.

The most comprehensive review of current knowledge on photosensitive epilepsy in humans. A Mac Keith Press Publication

A wide-ranging and interdisciplinary overview of the hand, from its evolution to assessment of disability.

In this up-to-date, authoritative text, developmental, historical and methodological perspectives are brought to a multidisciplinary understanding of infant crying.

This book presents the latest findings about the impact, long-term effects and diagnosis of Shaken Baby Syndrome.

This entirely rewritten new edition describes the most up-to-date thinking on the treatment of cerebral palsy.

This is a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the nature, causes, assessment and management of sleep disturbance in developmental disorders.