Clinics in Developmental Medicine No. 176

The book provides a review of the state of the art of neurological assessment in the first two years of life and identifies the most appropriate instruments for the follow-up of newborns who are at risk of developing neurological abnormalities.

After a brief description of the neurophysiological basis of development in the first years, the book provides a comprehensive review of the various methods used for the neurological assessment in young infants describing how a combined approach of clinical and instrumental investigations can...

by A. Berthoz The publication of this volume, edited by Adriano Ferrari and Giovanni Cioni, is a major event for several reasons. Most importantly, it concerns an area of child pathology that has yet to be fully explored. In this context, the authors efforts to compile their observations as well as those of other clinicians and to elaborate their theories have resulted in an ess- tial step in the field of cerebral palsy (CP). The originality of the book is its very clear focus, while at the same time the authors have encouraged the book s contributors to express their ideas and personal...

Anwendungsbezogen vermittelt der Praxis-Leitfaden Therapeuten und Arzten ein modernes, ganzheitliches Behandlungskonzept der Infantilen Zerebralparese (IZP). Genauere Diagnosekriterien erlauben heute eine Einteilung der IZP in klar definierte Formen und Varianten. Sie bilden die Grundlage fur eine differenzierte Prognose des spontanen Verlaufs beim einzelnen Kind und fur eine klare Einschatzung der Behandlungmoglichkeiten. Die Autoren beschreiben die vielfaltigen klinischen Erscheinungsformen der IZP und geben praktische Anleitung fur eine differenzierte Therapieplanung und ein individuell...