Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy for People with Cerebral Palsy: A Problem-Based Approach to Assessment and Management / Edition 1

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Overview

This book is a practical resource for physiotherapists and occupational therapists who support people with cerebral palsy, helping them to solve the problems with movement and other impairments that so often accompany cerebral palsy, so that they can be more active and better able to participate in roles such as study, work, recreation and relationships.

The first chapters provide the background to the clinical reasoning approach that informs the whole text, as well as an overview of therapeutic interventions. The subsequent chapters present clinical situations that therapists will encounter in the course of their work with individuals with cerebral palsy across the lifespan. Each chapter describes a case in detail, including the reasoning behind assessment and treatment choices, interventions and outcomes.

The themes emphasized throughout the book are the use of the clinical reasoning approach of the intervention process model, the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health as a framework to help therapists inform patient and family decision-making, family-centred approaches in developing and implementing therapeutic strategies, and multidisciplinary team work.

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781898683681
  • Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 2/15/2010
  • Series: PGMKP - A Practical Guide from MKP Series
  • Edition description: New Edition
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 256
  • Product dimensions: 6.60 (w) x 9.30 (h) x 0.60 (d)

Meet the Author

Karen Dodd is known for her research into the effects of therapeutic exercise for people with chronic disabilities, particularly neurological disabilities. She has published and presented extensively on this topic. She co-produced with Nick Taylor an innovative instructional DVD on strength training for people with cerebral palsy that won the Fred P. Sage award for the best audiovisual product at the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine 60th Annual Meeting.

Nick Taylor is Professor of Physiotherapy at La Trobe University and Eastern Health, and Deputy Head of School in the School of Physiotherapy at La Trobe University. He is an active researcher on the effects of physical activity and exercise on people with a disability, with a focus on the effects of strength training for people with cerebral palsy.

Christine Imms is a senior research occupational therapist at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne. Her interests are in paediatric occupational therapy, with a particular interest in children who have cerebral palsy.

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Table of Contents

List of Contributors vii

Foreword Peter Rosenbaum ix

Part 1 Background: Key Issues in Planning Therapy for People with Cerebral Palsy

1 Introduction to the clinical reasoning approach of the book Christine Imms Karen J Dodd Nicholas F Taylor 1

2 What is cerebral palsy? Christine Imms Karen J Dodd 7

3 Understanding the family's perspective: parenting a child with cerebral palsy Helen Bourke-Taylor 31

4 Overview of therapy Karen Dodd Christine Imms Nicholas F Taylor 40

Part 2 The Preschool Years

In the Beginning

5 The infant with complex needs Sarah Foley Susan Greaves 73

Being Two

6 Early steps Karen J Dodd Susan Greaves 92

7 Modified constraint-induced therapy for young children Margaret Wallen Christine Imms 114

Getting Ready for School

8 Goal-directed training of activity performance Brian Hoare Christine Imms 130

9 The role of botulinum toxin A injections in the lower extremity Pam Thomason Kerr Graham 146

Part 3 The School Years

Getting Things Straight

10 Physiotherapy following single event multilevel surgery (SEMLS) Adrienne Harvey 159

11 Occupational therapy following upper extremity surgery Josie Duncan 177

Transition to Secondary School

12 Navigating school-based needs and technological supports for secondary school Margaret Mayston 191

Doing it Yourself

13 Strength training for adolescents Nicholas F Taylor Karen J Dodd 209

Part 4 Adulthood

Getting Out There

14 Transitions to adulthood Mary Law Debra Stewart 230

Community Access

15 The young adult with complex disability Barbara Scoullar Christine Imms 245

Staying Healthy

16 The adult years Karen J Dodd Nicholas F Taylor Christine Imms 260

Appendix: Assessment of the individual with cerebral palsy 282

Index 305

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