Improving Hand Function in Children with Cerebral Palsy

Theory, Evidence and Intervention

Ann-Christian Eliasson, Patricia Burtner

• Publisher: Mac Keith Press
• Year: 2008
• Print ISBN: 9781898683537
• eBook ISBN: 9781898683537
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Orthopedics

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. Particularly in children with cerebral palsy, assessment of hand function has become more exact and the range of possible interventions has expanded.Changes in treatment approaches can be seen in neurorehabilitation, orthopaedic management, developmental paediatrics and rehabilitation including occupational and physical therapy practices.In this book, selected experts from around the world in the fields of neuroimaging, neurology, orthopaedics, anatomy, motor control and motor learning provide fundamental theoretical information for the development of hand function in children with cerebral palsy.The book also shows how theory can be translated into practice by clinicians who provide assessment and intervention services to improve hand use in this population in sections written by researchers in occupational and physical therapy.Linking different fields of knowledge, this book highlights new perspectives and provides the best evidence for different types of intervention. By focusing only on hand function this essential book highlights new concepts for clinicians and others working towards the overall well-being of children with cerebral palsy.

Table of contents

• CONTENTS
• AUTHORS’APPOINTMENTS
• FOREWORD
• INTRODUCTION
• 1 BRAIN PLASTICITY IN DEVELOPMENT AND DISEASE Hans Forssberg
• 2 CORTICAL CONTROL OF HAND FUNCTION Johann Kuhtz-Buschbeck and Stephan Ulmer
• 3 NEUROPSYCHOLOGY OF MOVEMENT SEQUENCE LEARNING Fredrik Ullén
• 4 NEUROLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION AND NEURORADIOLOGY OF CEREBRAL PALSY Ingeborg Krägeloh-Mann and Martin Staudt
• 5 NORMAL ANATOMY OF THEUPPER EXTREMITYBeth Moody Jones
• 6 MUSCLE ALTERATIONS DUETO SPASTICITY Eva Pontén
• 7 POSTURAL CONTROL FOR REACHING AND HAND SKILLS Mindy F. Levin and Heidi Sveistrup
• 8 VISUAL IMPAIRMENT AND CONSEQUENCES FOR HAND FUNCTION Eugenio Mercuri, Andrea Guzzetta and Giovanni Cioni
• 9 THE ROLE OF SENSATION FORHAND FUNCTION IN CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY Annette Majnemer, Daniel Bourbonnais and Victor Frak
• 10 TYPICAL AND ATYPICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE UPPER LIMB IN CHILDREN Jeanne R. Charles
• 11 BIMANUAL COORDINATION IN CHILDREN WITH HEMIPLEGIC CEREBRAL PALSY Andrew M. Gordon and Bert Steenbergen
• 12 CHOOSING AND USING ASSESSMENTS OF HAND FUNCTION Lena Krumlinde-Sundholm
• 13 ORTHOPAEDIC INTERVENTION IN THE UPPER EXTREMITY IN THE CHILD WITH CEREBRAL PALSY: MUSCULOSKELETAL SURGERY L. Andrew Koman, Zhongyu Li and Beth Paterson Smith
• 14 ORTHOPAEDIC INTERVENTION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF CEREBRAL PALSY: BOTULINUM TOXINS L. Andrew Koman, Zhongyu Li and Beth Paterson Smith
• 15 THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS AT THE BODY STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION LEVEL TO SUPPORT CHILDREN’S UPPER EXTREMITY FUNCTION Patricia A. Burtner and Janet L. Poole
• 16 MOTOR LEARNING IN CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY: IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATION Shailesh S. Kantak, Katherine J. Sullivan and Patricia Burtner
• 17 A COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE ON INTERVENTION
• 18 GOAL-ORIENTED TRAINING OF DAILY ACTIVITIES – A MODEL FOR INTERVENTION Ann-Christin Eliasson and Birgit Rösblad
• 19 VOLITION: CHILD-ORIENTED INTERVENTION FOR THE UPPER EXTREMITY Susan M. Cahill and Gary Kielhofner
• 20 CONSTRAINT-INDUCED MOVEMENT THERAPY FOR CHILDREN WITH HEMIPLEGIA Ann-Christin Eliasson and Andrew M. Gordon
• 21 SELF-CARE AND HAND FUNCTION Anne Henderson and Ann-Christin Eliasson
• 22 WRITTEN COMMUNICATION:CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING FOR HANDWRITING IN CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY Sonya Murchland, Alison Lane and Jenny Ziviani
• 23 LEARNING TO PLAY: PROMOTING SKILLS AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN INDIVIDUALS WITH CEREBRAL PALSY Erna Imperatore Blanche and Susan Hirsch Knox
• 24 ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICES IN COMPUTER ACTIVITIES Helene Lidström and Maria Borgestig
• 25 PARTICIPATION –THE ULTIMATE CHALLENGE Jenny Ziviani and Margaret Wallen
• 26 THE EVIDENCE-BASE FOR UPPER EXTREMITY INTERVENTION FOR CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY Christine Imms
• APPENDIX Assessments used to measure handfunction, activities and participation ofchildren with cerebral palsy Heidi Sanders
• INDEX