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Clinics in Developmental Medicine No. 178 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 pediatrics 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.

Contents:

FOREWORD
Hans Forssberg

INTRODUCTION
Ann-Christin Eliasson and Patricia A. Burtner

1. BRAIN PLASTICITY IN DEVELOPMENT AND DISEASE
Hans Forssberg

2. CORTICAL CONTROL OF HAND FUNCTION
Johan Kuhtz-Buschbeck and Stephan Ulmer

3. NEUROPSYCHOLOGY OF MOVEMENT SEQUENCE LEARNING
Fredrik Ullen

4. NEUROLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION AND NEURORADIOLOGY OF CEREBRAL PALSY
Ingeborg Krageloh-Mann and Martin Staudt

5. NORMAL ANATOMY OF THE UPPER EXTREMITY
Beth M. Jones

6. MUSCLE ALTERATIONS DUE TO SPASTICITY
Eva Ponten

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 FOR HAND FUNCTION IN CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY
Annette Majnemer, Daniel Bourbonnais and Victor Frak

10. NORMAL AND IMPAIRED DEVELOPMENT OF THE UPPER LIMB
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 CHILDREN 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 CHLDREN'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 A. Burtner

17. A COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE ON INTERVENTION
Angela A. Mandich, Helene J. Polatajko and Ann Zilberbrant

18. GOAL-ORIENTED TRAINING OF DAILY ACTIVITIES: A MODEL FOR INTERVENTION
Ann-Christin Eliasson and Birgit Roesblad

19. VOLITION: CHILD-ORIENTED INTERVENTION FOR THE UPPER EXTREMITY
Susan M. Cahill and Gary Kielhofner

20. CONSTRAINT-INDUCED MOVEMENT THERAPY FOR CHLDREN 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 Lidstroem and Maria Borgestig

25. PARTICIPATION: THE ULTIMATE CHALLENGE
Jenny Ziviani and Margaret Wallen

26. THE EVIDENCE BASE FOR UPPER-EXTREMITY INTERVENTION FOR CHLDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY
Christine Imms

APPENDIX: ASSESSMENTS USED TO MEASURE HAND FUNCTION, ACTIVITIES AND PARTICIPATION OF CHLDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY
Heidi Sanders