The Spastic Forms of Cerebral Palsy A Guide to the Assessment of Ada
This book is the result of studies on cerebral palsy (CP) in children that the authors and their collaborators (medical doctors and therapists) have carried out in recent years. It addresses the main topics associated with the evaluation of adaptive funct
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Adriano Ferrari • Giovanni Cioni
The Spastic Forms of Cerebral Palsy A Guide to the Assessment of Adaptive Functions Forewords by Alain Berthoz Pietro Pfanner
Adriano Ferrari Child Rehabilitation Unit S. Maria Nuova Hospital Department of Neuroscience University of Modena and Reggio Emilia Reggio Emilia, Italy Giovanni Cioni Department of Developmental Neuroscience Stella Maris Scientific Institute Division of Child Neurology and Psychiatry University of Pisa Pisa, Italy
This is a revised, enlarged and completely updated version of the Italian Edition published under the title “Le forme spastiche della paralisi cerebrale infantile. Guida all’esplorazione delle funzioni adattive” edited by A. Ferrari, G. Cioni © Springer-Verlag Italia 2005 All rights reserved Translation: Maurizio Boni and Vincent Corsentino, Italy
ISBN 978-88-470-1477-0
e-ISBN 978-88-470-1478-7
DOI 10.1007/978-88-470-1478-7 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London Milan New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009936779 © Springer-Verlag Italia 2010 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Italian Copyright Law in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the Italian Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Product liability: The publishers cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information about dosage and application contained in this book. In every individual case the user must check such information by consulting the relevant literature. Typesetting: Compostudio, Cernusco s/N (MI), Italy Printing and binding: Arti Grafiche Nidasio, Assago (MI), Italy Printed in Italy Springer-Verlag Italia S.r.l, Via Decembrio 28, I-20137 Milan, Italy Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword by A. Berthoz
The publication of this volume, edited by Adriano Ferrari and Giovanni Cioni, is a major event for several reasons. Most importantly, it concerns an area of child pathology that has yet to be fully explored. In this context, the authors’ efforts to compile their observations as well as those of other clinicians and to elaborate their theories have resulted in an essential step in the field of cerebral palsy (CP). The originality of the book is its very clear focus, while at the same time the authors have encouraged the book’s contributors to express their ideas and personal opinions. This leads sometimes to redundancy, but this is precisely one of the be
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