The text covers all aspects of pediatric rehabilitation medicine from basic examination and testing to electrodiagnosis, therapeutic exercise, orthotics and assistive devices, gait labs, aging with pediatric onset disability, and in-depth clinical management of the full range of childhood disabilities and injuries.

Table of Contents

• Contributors
• Preface
• CHAPTER 1 History and Examination - Maureen R. Nelson, Michael A. Alexander, and Gabriella E. Molnar
• CHAPTER 2 Medical Care of Children With Disabilities - Susan D. Apkon and Emily Myers
• CHAPTER 3 Psychological Assessment in Pediatric Rehabilitation - Jamie L. Spohn and Jane A. Crowley
• CHAPTER 4 Language Development and Disorders of Communication and Oral Motor Function - Lynn Driver, Rita Ayyangar, and Marie Van Tubbergen
• CHAPTER 5 Quantitative Assessment of Gait: A Systematic Approach - James J. Carollo and Dennis J. Matthews
• CHAPTER 6 Electrodiagnosis in Pediatrics - Craig M. McDonald
• CHAPTER 7 Guidance Techniques for Botulinum Toxins and Other Injections - Katharine E. Alter and Kevin P. Murphy
• CHAPTER 8 Orthotics and Assistive Devices - Elizabeth L. Koczur, Carrie E. Strine, Denise Peischl, Richard Lytton, Tariq Rahman, and Michael A. Alexander
• CHAPTER 9 Adaptive Sports and Recreation - Michelle Miller and Ellen S. Kaitz
• CHAPTER 10 Orthopedics and Musculoskeletal Conditions - Kevin P. Murphy, Colleen A. Wunderlich, Elaine L. Pico, Sherilyn Whateley Driscoll, Elizabeth Moberg Wolff, Melanie Rak, and Maureen R. Nelson
• CHAPTER 11 Acute Management and Rehabilitation of Sport-Specific Musculoskeletal Injuries - Aaron M. Karlin and Kevin P. Murphy
• CHAPTER 12 Concussion Management and Rehabilitation - Nicole Marcantuono and Jamie L. Spohn
• CHAPTER 13 Pediatric Limb Deficiencies - Ann Modrcin, Matthew McLaughlin, and Matthew Luetke
• CHAPTER 14 Cerebral Palsy - Mary McMahon, David Pruitt, and Jilda Vargus-Adams
• CHAPTER 15 Spina Bifida - Elaine L. Pico, Pamela E. Wilson, Kathryn Smith, Jeffrey Thomson, Jeffrey Young, Daria Ettinger, Gerald H. Clayton, and Kerstin Sobus
• CHAPTER 16 Spinal Cord Injuries - Joseph E. Hornyak IV, Michael W. Wheaton, and Virginia S. Nelson
• CHAPTER 17 Traumatic Brain Injury - Linda E. Krach, Mark E. Gormley, Jr., and Marcie Ward
• CHAPTER 18 Neuromuscular Diseases - Craig M. McDonald
• CHAPTER 19 Neurodegenerative and Demyelinating Diseases and Other CNS Disorders - Amy Houtrow
• CHAPTER 20 Rehabilitation of Chronic Pain and Conversion Disorders - Marisa A. Wiktor and Stacy J. B. Peterson (A. Chronic Pain) 550 Michelle Miller (B. Conversion Disorders) 557
• CHAPTER 21 Aging With Pediatric Onset Disability and Diseases - Margaret A. Turk, Jan Willem Gorter, and Lynne Romeiser Logan