Table of Contents

Contents (contributors where applicable).

FOREWORD Diane Damiano.

1. INTRODUCTION: WHY BOTHER ABOUT POSTURAL CONTROL? Mijna Hadders-Algra and Eva Brogren Carlberg.

2. WHAT IS POSTURE AND HOW IS IT CONTROLLED? Mark Latash AND Mijna Hadders-Algra.

3. DEVELOPMENT OF POSTURAL CONTROL Mijna Hadders-Algra.

4. POSTURAL CONTROL IN SITTING CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY Eva Brogren Carlberg and Mijna Hadders-Algra.

5. POSTURAL CONTROL IN STANDING AND WALKING IN CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY Marjorie Hines Woollacott and Paolo Crenna.

6. POSTURAL CONTROL IN CHILDREN WITH DOWN SYNDROME Naznin Virji-Babul and Mark L. Latash.

7. POSTURAL CONTROL IN CHILDREN WITH ANGELMAN SYNDROME AND RETT SYNDROME Bernard Dan and Guy Cheron

9. POSTURAL CONTROL IN CHILDREN WITH MUSCLE DISEASE Eugenio Mercuri, Maria Kinali and Marion Main.

10. POSTURAL CONTROL AND CHILDREN BORN PRETERM Bjørg Fallang and Doreen Bartlett.

11. POSTURAL CONTROL IN CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENAL COORDINATION DISORDER (DCD) Reint H. Geuze and Peter H. Wilson.

12. POSTURAL CONTROL IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER Christina Schmitz and Christine Assaiante.

13. MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENT OF POSTURAL DYSFUNCTION IN CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY Eva Brogren Carlberg and Eva Bower.

14. CONCLUDING REMARKS Mijna Hadders-Algra and Eva Brogren Carlberg

About the Author

Mijna Hadders-Algra (Professor of Developmental Neurology, University Medical Centre Groningen, The Netherlands)
Eva Brogren Carlberg (Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Department of Woman and Child Health, Neuropaediatric Research Unit, Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden)

Reviews

'Developmental paediatricians, pediatric physiatrists, physiotherapists and occupational therapists will benefit from the increased understanding of postural control that this book engenders and, hopefully, the children and families that they serve will benefit as well.' Susan Harris, DMCN, 2009