The Spastic Forms of Cerebral Palsy : A Guide to the Assessment of Adaptive Functions

This book is the result of studies on cerebral palsy (CP) in children that the authors and their collaborators (medical doctors and therapists) have carried out in recent years. It addresses the main topics associated with the evaluation of adaptive functions in the spastic forms of CP (definition and modifications over the most recent decades, newly classified orientations, etiopathogenesis, anatomic–functional correlations, semiotics, and the so-called associated disorders: visual, cognitive, and behavioral). The main goal of this book is to offer readily accessible information on the nature of the disease, the problems correlated with prognosis, and the rehabilitation. Because of its instructive nature and practical approach, the book will be an invaluable tool for practitioners already working in this field (medical doctors, child neuropsychiatrists and physiatrists, and rehabilitation therapists), for university students studying physical and occupational therapy, and for residents in rehabilitative medicine, child neurology, and orthopedics. Cerebral palsy detection : from John Little to the present / Giovanni Cioni, Paola B. Paolicelli Guide to the interpretation of cerebral palsy / Adriano Ferrari, Silvia Alboresi Functional diagnosis in infants and in very young children : early predictive signs / Giovanni Cioni, Andrea Guzzetta, Vittorio Belmonti Motor defects / Adriano Ferrari Perceptive defects / Adriano Ferrari Praxic organization disorders / Simonetta Muzzini, Federico Posteraro, Roberta Leonetti Visual and oculomotor disorders / Andrea Guzzetta ... [et al.] Neuropsychological evaluation / Daniels Brizzolara, Paola Brovedani, Giovanni Ferretti Emotional, behavioral and social disorders in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy / Gabriele Masi, Paolo Brovedani Observing interactions / Sandra Maestro Critical aspects of classifications / Adriano Ferrari Kinematic classification / Adriano Ferrari Tetraplegic forms / Adriano Ferrari ... [et al.] Dysperceptive forms / Silvia Alboresi ... [et al.] Forms of diplegia / Adriano Ferrari ... [et al.] Forms of hemiplegia / Giovanni Cioni ... [et al.]. by A. Berthoz The publication of this volume, edited by Adriano Ferrari and Giovanni Cioni, is a major event for several reasons. Most importantly, it concerns an area of child pathology that has yet to be fully explored. In this context, the authors’ efforts to compile their observations as well as those of other clinicians and to elaborate their theories have resulted in an ess- tial step in the field of cerebral palsy (CP). The originality of the book is its very clear focus, while at the same time the authors have encouraged the book’s contributors to express their ideas and personal opinions. This leads sometimes to redundancy, but this is precisely one of the benefits of the book - cause the same problems are then exposed from different points of views. The reader is thus spared the normative attempts of many other pathology books, in which the compl- ity of a given disease is hidden by the authors’ or editors’ desire to impose a rigid taxo- my or epidemiology. Front Matter....Pages i-xix Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Cerebral Palsy Detection: from John Little to the Present....Pages 3-15 Guide to the Interpretation of Cerebral Palsy....Pages 17-28 Front Matter....Pages 29-29 Functional Diagnosis in Infants and in Very Young Children: Early Predictive Signs....Pages 31-52 Motor Defects....Pages 53-71 Perceptive Defects....Pages 73-98 Praxic Organization Disorders....Pages 99-114 Visual and Oculomotor Disorders....Pages 115-142 Neuropsychological Evaluation....Pages 143-179 Emotional, Behavioral and Social Disorders in Children and Adolescents with Cerebral Palsy....Pages 181-192 Observing Interactions....Pages 193-200 Front Matter....Pages 201-201 Critical Aspects of Classifications....Pages 203-217 Kinematic Classification....Pages 219-239 Tetraplegic Forms....Pages 241-272 Dysperceptive Forms....Pages 273-291 Forms of Diplegia....Pages 293-330 Forms of Hemiplegia....Pages 331-356 Back Matter....Pages 357-359 This book is the result of studies on cerebral palsy (CP) in children that the authors and thier collaborators (medical doctors and therapists) have carried out in the recent years. It addresses the manin topics associated with the evaluation of adaptive functions in the spastic forms of the CP (definition and modifications over the most recent decades, newly classified orientations, etiipathogenesism anatomic functional correlations, semiotics, and the so-called associated disorders: visual, cognitive, and behavioral. The main goal of this book is to offer readily accessible information on the nature of the disease, the problems correlated with prognosis, and the rehabilitation. The text is complemented with a DVD with clinical cases subdivided according to classifications proposed by authors. Because of its instructive nature and practical approach