Improving Hand Function in Children with Cerebral Palsy

"For the clinician, it is of immense value to get a thorough and structured update of all current evidence in the field of hand function in CP. This book is really recommended." Marianne Arner, Acta Paediatrica, 2009 "The chapters are concise and readable, and in many cases have helpful summaries of the evidence base. It is possible to read each chapter in isolation, and there is some overlap in presentation of the evidence bases from different perspectives, e.g. as it relates specific assessment tools or interventions." Anne Gordon, DMCN, 2009 "The book is essential reading for those professionals of different disciplines who work extensively with children with cerebral palsy." Adrian Sandler, J Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, 2009 "This is a highly useful reference that will more than likely be read and reread with new insights gained each and every time. The ideas behind the different treatment strategies and suggestions for interventions remain fresh and optimistic. The concept of present studies to back up and support each treatment approach is specially impressive and noteworthy." Debby Schwartz, Journal of Hand Therapy, 2009

Ann-Christin Eliasson (Associate Professor, Department of Woman and Child Health, Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden) Patricia A. Burtner (Associate Professor, Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Pediatrics, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico)

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