Comprehensive review of current methods of management and evaluation of the motor disorders of cerebral palsy. Features the whole range of orthopaedic surgical procedures with commentary on each. Reviews the current epidemiology in the subject, offering perspective on prevention. Provides tables of gross motor performance to assess the measure of effectiveness of physical therapy. Describes methods of management, including: assistive technology, selective posterior rootlet rhizotomy, Botulinum toxin intramuscular injections and intrathecal Baclofen.
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Past President of American Academy for Cerebral Palsy & Developmental Medicine. Previously Editorial Board Member Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. Previously helped to establish and bolster the interdisciplinary Cerebral Palsy Clinic at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.