Cerebral Palsy in Infancy : targeted activity to optimize early growth and development (Hardcover)

Part 1: Introduction

1 The changing face of intervention in infants with cerebral palsy Roberta Shepherd Annotation A: Aspects of motor training Roberta Shepherd

2 Corticospinal tract development and activity-dependent plasticity Janet Eyre

3 Re-thinking the brain: New insights into early experience and brain development Mary Galea

Part 3: Impairments & Neuromuscular Adaptations to Impairments & Inactivity

4 The syndrome of deforming spastic paresis: pathophysiology, assessment & treatment Nicolas Bayle, Jean-Michel Gracies

5 Functional effects of neural impairments & subsequent adaptations in cerebral palsy Annotation B: Findings from a series of studies of passive mechanical properties of muscle in young children with cerebral palsy Adel Abdullah Alhusaini

6 Skeletal muscle changes due to cerebral palsy Richard L Lieber, Lucas Smith

7 Early muscle development in children with cerebral palsy: the consequences for further muscle growth, muscle function, and long-term-mobility Martin Gough, Adam P Shortland

Part 4: Early and Active Intervention to Optimize Growth, Development & Functional Motor Performance

8 Early diagnosis and prognosis in cerebral palsy Giovanni Cioni, Vittorio Belmonti, Christa Einspieler

9 Effects of motor activity on brain and muscle development in cerebral palsy Diane Damiano

10 The consequences of independent locomotion for brain and psychological development David I Anderson, Joseph J Campos, Monica Rivera, Audun Dahl, Ichiro Uchiyama, Marianne Barbu-Roth

Part 5: Specific Methods of Motor Training for Infants

11 Training lower limb performance in early infancy: support, balance and propulsion Roberta Shepherd Annotation C: Kick Start: Using the mobile infant learning paradigm to promote early leg action Linda Fetters

12 Treadmill training in early infancy- sensory & motor effects Caroline Teulier, Marianne Barbu-Roth, David Anderson

13 Very early upper limb interventions for infants with asymmetric brain lesions Roslyn Boyd. Micah Perez, Andrea Guzzetta

14 Constraint-induced therapy and bimanual training in children with unilateral cerebral palsy Andrew M Gordon

15 Interactive technologies for diagnosis and treatment in infants with cerebral palsy Jens Bo Nielsen