
- 448 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
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 â in line with current research and the models of teaching now being used.â˘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.â˘Foreword by Dana Lawrence â Professor at Palmer Chiropractic University, US and Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeuticsâ˘Major structural change to accommodate new research-based information, particularly in fields of neurological assessment and treatment protocolsâ˘Restructured chapters in keeping with current models of teachingâ˘New chapters on clinical nutrition and chiropractic care of the pregnant womanâ˘DVD of techniques â˘Colour plate section â˘Five new contributors, including Dr Kim Tuohey (international expert on cranial chiropractic)
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Table of contents
- Front cover
- Chiropractic Pediatrics: A Clinical Handbook
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: Chiropractic in the pediatric field
- Chapter 2: The pediatric history
- Chapter 3: The pediatric physical examination
- Chapter 4: Recognizing the seriously ill child
- Chapter 5: The irritable baby
- Chapter 6: Abdominal pain and altered states of bowel motility
- Chapter 7: Pediatric neurology
- Chapter 8: Developmental assessment, neuromaturational delay and school learning difficulties
- Chapter 9: Common infectious diseases of childhood
- Chapter 10: Common respiratory illness in childhood
- Chapter 11: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
- Chapter 12: Pediatric otolaryngology
- Chapter 13: The enuretic child
- Chapter 14: Common orthopedic syndromes in childhood
- Chapter 15: Autism
- Chapter 16: Accidental and intentional injury in children
- Chapter 17:Cancer in children
- Chapter 18: Allergy, metabolic and endocrine disease in children
- Chapter 19: Pediatric nutrition
- Chapter 20: Pain assessment and management in children
- Chapter 21: The neuropathological basis of the subluxation
- Chapter 22: Measurement of the spinal subluxation in children
- Chapter 23: Adjusting the pediatric spine
- Chapter 24: The upper limb subluxation
- Chapter 25: The lower limb subluxation
- Chapter 26: Front of body subluxation syndromes
- Chapter 27: The cranial subluxation in children
- Chapter 28: Care of the pregnant patient
- Appendix 1: Anthropometric percentile chartsused in pediatric assessment
- Appendix 2: Adult head circumferencepercentiles
- Appendix 3: Blood pressure levels for girlsby age and height percentile
- Appendix 4: Varni/Thompson PediatricPain Questionnaires
- Index
- Color Plates