Books
Filter by category
Filter by series
New releases
Bestsellers
Postural Control
A Key Issue in Developmental Disorders
Ways to buy
Hardback edition (complete book)
£50.00
Postural Control (ebook) Ebook edition (complete book)
£50.00
Buy ebook edition (Amazon)
Buy ebook edition (Apple Books)
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. The postural control system of children with other neurodevelopmental disabilities such as myelomeningocele or muscle disease is also challenged: it has to find age-specific solutions for the postural problems posed by the disorder. These postural problems have serious consequences for the activities of daily life, as adequate postural control is a prerequisite for adequate motility. Until now, knowledge about the nature of postural problems in children has been scattered, and this has hampered the development of appropriate therapeutic management strategies. This book is a breakthrough in that it introduces the reader to the complexity of typical and atypical postural development and provides suggestions for the day-to-day management of postural problems in children with developmental disorders such as cerebral palsy, developmental coordination disorder, muscle disorder and myelomeningocoele. ‘This should be a “must read” for anyone whose occupation or interests are in the areas of motor development or rehabilitation.’ Diane Damiano
Clinics in Developmental Medicine No. 179
AUTHORS’ APPOINTMENTS vii
FOREWORD ix
1. INTRODUCTION: WHY BOTHER ABOUT POSTURAL CONTROL? 1
Mijna Hadders-Algra and Eva Brogren Carlberg
2. WHAT IS POSTURE AND HOW IS IT CONTROLLED? 3
Mark Latash and Mijna Hadders-Algra
3. DEVELOPMENT OF POSTURAL CONTROL 22
Mijna Hadders-Algra
4. POSTURAL CONTROL IN SITTING CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL
PALSY 74
Eva Brogren Carlberg and Mijna Hadders-Algra
5. POSTURAL CONTROL IN STANDING AND WALKING IN
CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY 97
Marjorie Hines Woollacott and Paolo Crenna
6. POSTURAL CONTROL IN CHILDREN WITH DOWN SYNDROME 131
Naznin Virji-Babul and Mark L. Latash
7. POSTURAL CONTROL IN CHILDREN WITH ANGELMAN
SYNDROME AND RETT SYNDROME 148
Bernard Dan and Guy Cheron
8. POSTURAL CONTROL IN CHILDREN WITH
MYELOMENINGOCELE 170
Simone Norrlin and Birgit Rosblad
9. POSTURAL CONTROL IN CHILDREN WITH MUSCLE DISEASE 187
Eugenio Mercuri, Maria Kinali and Marion Main
10. POSTURAL CONTROL IN CHILDREN BORN PRETERM 203
Bjorg Fallang and Doreen Bartlett
11. POSTURAL CONTROL IN CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL
COORDINATION DISORDER 229
Reint H. Geuze and Peter H. Wilson
12. POSTURAL CONTROL IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM
DISORDER 253
Christina Schmitz and Christine Assaiante
13. MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENT OF POSTURAL DYSFUNCTION
IN CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY 270
Eva Brogren Carlberg and Eva Bower
14. MANAGEMENT OF POSTURAL DYSFUNCTION IN CHILDREN
WITH MINOR DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS 299
Marina M. Schoemaker and Mijna Hadders-Algra
15. CONCLUDING REMARKS 315
Mijna Hadders-Algra and Eva Brogren Carlberg
INDEX
'Developmental paediatricians, pediatric physiatrists, physiotherapists and occupational therapists will benefit from the increased understanding of postural control that this book engenders and, hopefully, the children and families that they serve will benefit as well.'
Susan Harris, DMCN, 2009