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

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Adriano Ferrari, Giovanni CioniAdriano Ferrari, Giovanni Cioni

Part I The nature of defect: Infantile Cerebral Palsy detection: from John Little up to date. Guide to the interpretation of cerebral palsy. Lesion diagnosis. Functional diagnosis in infants and in very young children: early predictive signs.- Part II Functions analysis: Tools for the evaluation of functional development. Motor defects. Perceptive defects. Praxic organization disorders. Visual and oculomotor disorders. Cognitive and neuropsychological evaluation. Psychopathology and clinical studies on mental disorders. Relational observation.- Part III Spastic syndromes classification and clinical forms: Critical aspects of classifications. Kinematic classification. Tetraplegic forms. Disperceptive forms. Forms of diplegica. Appendix: Kinematic semeiotics of pathological walk. Forms of hemiplegia . Appendix: Most common manipulation mistakes.- Part IV From clinical practice to treatment: Conditions for re-educational treatment. Methodological remarks.-

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