Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
This new book places increased emphasis on the clinical decision-making process. This state-of-the-art book is complete with thoroughly revised chapters to provide a framework for practice and to include case studies illustrating best practice in terms of measures, objectives for outcomes, and strategies for application.
Synopsis
This insightful new resource explores how to make the best possible clinical decisions for children with neurologic conditions. It uses actual case histories to demonstrate the way experienced physical therapists use scientific research, their professional experience, and an awareness of the specific needs of patients and families to choose a treatment strategy. This case study approach makes complex issues and conditions easier to understand.
Examines the scientific basis of practice with a wealth of references to current research in each chapter.Describes models for decision making and their application to specific conditions and patients.Reveals how experienced practitioners include family members in the decision making process, which measurements they make and how they make them, and how they justify their choice of treatment strategies and techniques based on theory and science.Illustrates each patient case history with photographs of examination and treatment.Reviews the assessment and treatment of commonly encountered pediatric neurologic conditions such as cerebral palsy and spina bifida, as well as approaches to managing infants at risk for developmental disabilities.