Improving Hand Function in Children with Cerebral Palsy

FOREWORD
Hans Forssberg

INTRODUCTION
Ann-Christin Eliasson and Patricia A. Burtner

1. BRAIN PLASTICITY IN DEVELOPMENT AND DISEASE
Hans Forssberg

2. CORTICAL CONTROL OF HAND FUNCTION
Johan Kuhtz-Buschbeck and Stephan Ulmer

3. NEUROPSYCHOLOGY OF MOVEMENT SEQUENCE LEARNING
Fredrik Ullén

4. NEUROLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION AND NEURORADIOLOGY OF CEREBRAL PALSY
Ingeborg Krägeloh-Mann and Martin Staudt

5. NORMAL ANATOMY OF THE UPPER EXTREMITY
Beth M. Jones

6. MUSCLE ALTERATIONS DUE TO SPASTICITY
Eva Pontén

7. POSTURAL CONTROL FOR REACHING AND HAND SKILLS
Mindy F. Levin and Heidi Sveistrup

8. VISUAL IMPAIRMENT AND CONSEQUENCES FOR HAND FUNCTION
Eugenio Mercuri, Andrea Guzzetta and Giovanni Cioni

9. THE ROLE OF SENSATION FOR HAND FUNCTION IN CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY
Annette Majnemer, Daniel Bourbonnais and Victor Frak

10. NORMAL AND IMPAIRED DEVELOPMENT OF THE UPPER LIMB
Jeanne R. Charles

11. BIMANUAL COORDINATION IN CHILDREN WITH HEMIPLEGIC CEREBRAL PALSY
Andrew M. Gordon and Bert Steenbergen

12. CHOOSING AND USING ASSESSMENTS OF HAND FUNCTION
Lena Krumlinde-Sundholm

13. ORTHOPAEDIC INTERVENTION IN THE UPPER EXTREMITY IN CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY: MUSCULOSKELETAL SURGERY
L. Andrew Koman, Zhongyu Li and Beth Paterson Smith

14. ORTHOPAEDIC INTERVENTION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF CEREBRAL PALSY: BOTULINUM TOXINS
L. Andrew Koman, Zhongyu Li and Beth Paterson Smith

15. THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS AT THE BODY STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION LEVEL TO SUPPORT CHLDREN'S UPPER EXTREMITY FUNCTION
Patricia A. Burtner and Janet L. Poole

16. MOTOR LEARNING IN CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY: IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATION
Shailesh S. Kantak, Katherine J. Sullivan and Patricia A. Burtner

17. A COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE ON INTERVENTION
Angela A. Mandich, Helene J. Polatajko and Ann Zilberbrant

18. GOAL-ORIENTED TRAINING OF DAILY ACTIVITIES: A MODEL FOR INTERVENTION
Ann-Christin Eliasson and Birgit Rösblad

19. VOLITION: CHILD-ORIENTED INTERVENTION FOR THE UPPER EXTREMITY
Susan M. Cahill and Gary Kielhofner

20. CONSTRAINT-INDUCED MOVEMENT THERAPY FOR CHLDREN WITH HEMIPLEGIA
Ann-Christin Eliasson and Andrew M. Gordon

21. SELF CARE AND HAND FUNCTION
Anne Henderson and Ann-Christin Eliasson

22. WRITTEN COMMUNICATION: CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING FOR HANDWRITING IN CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY
Sonya Murchland, Alison Lane and Jenny Ziviani

23. LEARNING TO PLAY: PROMOTING SKILLS AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN INDIVIDUALS WITH CEREBRAL PALSY
Erna Imperatore Blanche and Susan Hirsch Knox

24. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICES IN COMPUTER ACTIVITIES
Helene Lidström and Maria Borgestig

25. PARTICIPATION: THE ULTIMATE CHALLENGE
Jenny Ziviani and Margaret Wallen

26. THE EVIDENCE BASE FOR UPPER-EXTREMITY INTERVENTION FOR CHLDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY
Christine Imms

APPENDIX: ASSESSMENTS USED TO MEASURE HAND FUNCTION, ACTIVITIES AND PARTICIPATION OF CHLDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY
Heidi Sanders