Movement Sciences

Discover new perspectives and recent research findings to apply to the children and families on your caseload

With Movement Sciences: Transfer of Knowledge into Pediatric Therapy Practice, you will explore the motor control, learning, and development of children with movement disorders, allowing you to increase the effectiveness of intervention. This book provides cutting-edge information on motor disabilities in children—such as cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, or Erb's palsy—and how prehension, balance, and mobility are affected. Expert researchers and practitioners offer their findings and techniques for improving motor processes, using figures, tables, and extensive resources to help you create more effective pediatric rehabilitation programs.

With this book, you will gain a better understanding of:

• motor control for posture and prehension
• the motor learning challenges of children with movement dysfunction
• predictors of standing balance in children with cerebral palsy
• the effect of environment setting on mobility methods of children with cerebral palsy
• the reliability of a clinical measure of muscle extensibility in preterm and full-term newborn infants

Researchers in physical therapy and rehabilitation explain how to apply the principles and practices of movement science in such areas as muscle force and range of motion as predictors of standing balance in children with cerebral palsy, and enhancing prehension in infants and children. The six articles are also published as Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, vol. 24, nos. 1/2 (2004). Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

PhD, PT, Assistant Professor, School of Physical Therapy, Texas Woman's University - Merry Lynne Hamilton

"CONCISE AND CLINICALLY RELEVANT. . . . The research findings are clearly linked to strategies for application in PT and OT clinics, supporting the trend toward evidence-based practice. Excellent literature reviews support the studies and could serve as a refresher or introductory course for practicing therapists. . . . Most appropriate for post-professional therapists and entry-level students who have a special interest in pediatric motor control.