Chiropractic Pediatrics
eBook - PDF

Chiropractic Pediatrics

A Clinical Handbook

  1. 429 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Chiropractic Pediatrics

A Clinical Handbook

About this book

This evidence-based text relates clinical chiropractic management to pediatrics, with coverage of the key aspects of syndromes most commonly seen by chiropractors working with children. It outlines the essential history-taking, physical assessment, diagnosis and management for each syndrome, while addressing relevant pathology of pediatric conditions. An essential reference source for both chiropractic clinicians and students. Chapters have been radically restructured for the new edition – in line with current research and the models of teaching now being used.•New co-Editor (Dr Joan Fallon) who is US-based and President of International Chiropractic Pediatrics Association. She is a very high profile author and lecturer in paediatrics in America.•Foreword by Dana Lawrence – Professor at Palmer Chiropractic University, US and Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics•Major structural change to accommodate new research-based information, particularly in fields of neurological assessment and treatment protocols•Restructured chapters in keeping with current models of teaching•New chapters on clinical nutrition and chiropractic care of the pregnant woman•DVD of techniques •Colour plate section •Five new contributors, including Dr Kim Tuohey (international expert on cranial chiropractic)

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Publisher
Churchill Livingstone
Year
2010
Edition
2
eBook ISBN
9780702049859
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Alternative & Complementary Medicine

Table of contents

  1. Front cover
  2. Chiropractic Pediatrics: A Clinical Handbook
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Contributors
  6. Foreword
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Chapter 1: Chiropractic in the pediatric field
  10. Chapter 2: The pediatric history
  11. Chapter 3: The pediatric physical examination
  12. Chapter 4: Recognizing the seriously ill child
  13. Chapter 5: The irritable baby
  14. Chapter 6: Abdominal pain and altered states of bowel motility
  15. Chapter 7: Pediatric neurology
  16. Chapter 8: Developmental assessment, neuromaturational delay and school learning difficulties
  17. Chapter 9: Common infectious diseases of childhood
  18. Chapter 10: Common respiratory illness in childhood
  19. Chapter 11: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
  20. Chapter 12: Pediatric otolaryngology
  21. Chapter 13: The enuretic child
  22. Chapter 14: Common orthopedic syndromes in childhood
  23. Chapter 15: Autism
  24. Chapter 16: Accidental and intentional injury in children
  25. Chapter 17:Cancer in children
  26. Chapter 18: Allergy, metabolic and endocrine disease in children
  27. Chapter 19: Pediatric nutrition
  28. Chapter 20: Pain assessment and management in children
  29. Chapter 21: The neuropathological basis of the subluxation
  30. Chapter 22: Measurement of the spinal subluxation in children
  31. Chapter 23: Adjusting the pediatric spine
  32. Chapter 24: The upper limb subluxation
  33. Chapter 25: The lower limb subluxation
  34. Chapter 26: Front of body subluxation syndromes
  35. Chapter 27: The cranial subluxation in children
  36. Chapter 28: Care of the pregnant patient
  37. Appendix 1: Anthropometric percentile chartsused in pediatric assessment
  38. Appendix 2: Adult head circumferencepercentiles
  39. Appendix 3: Blood pressure levels for girlsby age and height percentile
  40. Appendix 4: Varni/Thompson PediatricPain Questionnaires
  41. Index
  42. Color Plates

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