Synopses & Reviews
This is a clinical text about the commonest physical disability - the cerebral palsies. It follows up on the authors' earlier work The Epidemiology of the Cerebral Palsies, and its focus is still on epidemiology. In Cerebral Palsies: Epidemiology and Causal Pathways the authors offer:
Guidance on how best to study causes
Advice on how to use the massive amount of information available internationally
Novel ways to collect and analyse data
A complete review of all published data on trends in the cerebral palsies
New ways of thinking about causal pathways in the cerebral palsies which suggest possible new prevention pathway
A chapter devoted to systematic management of the cerebral palsies.
This is a timely update and an essential guide to good epidemiological research into cerebral palsies and related areas.
Review
"This new edition provides a fascinating insight into the complex aetiology of cerebral palsy and why the current group of children with cerebral palsy have such a diverse range of problems." Physiotherapy
Synopsis
An essential and timely account of good epidemiological research into the cerebral palsies and related areas.
Synopsis
This is a new specialist reference on the most common physical disability--the cerebral palsies. It follows up on the authors' earlier work The Epidemiology of the Cerebral Palsies (1984). In this volume the authors explore
How best to study causes How to use the massive amount of information available internationally How to collect and analyze data Trends in the cerebral palsies New ways of thinking about causal pathways in the cerebral palsies that suggest possible new prevention pathways The systematic management of the cerebral palsies. This is a timely update and an essential guide to good epidemiological research into cerebral palsies and related areas.Synopsis
This is a new specialist reference on the most common physical disability - the cerebral palsies. It reviews published data on trends, presents thinking on causal pathways in the cerebral palsies suggesting means of prevention, and reviews management options. It is an essential guide to good epidemiological research into cerebral palsies and related areas
Synopsis
This is a clinical text about the commonest physical disability - the cerebral palsies. It follows up on the authors' earlier work The Epidemiology of the Cerebral Palsies, and its focus is still on epidemiology. In Cerebral Palsies: Epidemiology and Causal Pathways the authors offer:
Guidance on how best to study causes
Advice on how to use the massive amount of information available internationally
Novel ways to collect and analyse data
A complete review of all published data on trends in the cerebral palsies
New ways of thinking about causal pathways in the cerebral palsies which suggest possible new prevention pathway
A chapter devoted to systematic management of the cerebral palsies.
This is a timely update and an essential guide to good epidemiological research into cerebral palsies and related areas.
Synopsis
This is a clinical text about the commonest physical disability - the cerebral palsies. It follows up on the authors' earlier work The Epidemiology of the Cerebral Palsies, and its focus is still on epidemiology. In Cerebral Palsies: Epidemiology and Causal Pathways the authors offer:
Guidance on how best to study causes
Advice on how to use the massive amount of information available internationally
Novel ways to collect and analyse data
A complete review of all published data on trends in the cerebral palsies
New ways of thinking about causal pathways in the cerebral palsies which suggest possible new prevention pathway
A chapter devoted to systematic management of the cerebral palsies.
This is a timely update and an essential guide to good epidemiological research into cerebral palsies and related areas.
Table of Contents
Glossary; 1. Introduction; 2. What are the cerebral palsies?; 3. The classification of the cerebral palsies; 4. How common are the cerebral palsies?; 5. Causal pathways to the cerebral palsies: a new aetiological model; 6. Causal pathways initiated preconceptionally or in early pregnancy; 7. Pathways to cerebral palsy involving very preterm birth; 8. Pathways to cerebral palsy involving intrauterine growth restriction; 9. Pathways to cerebral palsy involving signs of birth asphyxia; 10. The special case of multiple pregnancy; 11. Postneonatally acquired cerebral palsy: incidence and antecedents; 12. Possibilities for the prevention of the cerebral palsies: social and medical factors; 13. Epidemiological issues in evaluating the management of cerebral palsy; 14. Towards a new era in cerebral palsy epidemiology?; Appendix; References; Index.