Cerebral Palsy in Infancy: Targeted Activity to Optimize Early Growth and Development

by Roberta B. Shepherd

Cerebral Palsy in Infancy is a thought-provoking book which introduces a new way of thinking on the development and use of interventions. Relevant to current practice, it advocates early, targeted activity that is focused on increasing muscle activation, training basic actions and minimizing (or preventing) mal-adaptive changes to muscle morphology and function. The authors present recent scientific findings in brain science, movement sciences...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0702050997
• ISBN13: 9780702050992
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.4" x 9.7"