Musculoskeletal Key

    14     CEREBRAL PALSY Mary McMahon, David Pruitt, and Jilda Vargus-Adams Cerebral palsy (CP) is defined as “a group of permanent disorders of the development of movement and posture, causing activity…

    18     NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES Craig M. McDonald   INTRODUCTION   Acquired or hereditary neuromuscular diseases (NMDs) are disorders caused by an abnormality of any component of the lower motor neuron—anterior horn…

    16     SPINAL CORD INJURIES Joseph E. Hornyak IV, Michael W. Wheaton, and Virginia S. Nelson Children and adolescents with spinal cord injury (SCI) must deal with the multisystem involvement imposed…

    19     NEURODEGENERATIVE AND DEMYELINATING DISEASES AND OTHER CNS DISORDERS Amy Houtrow This chapter covers numerous conditions that pediatric rehabilitation medicine physicians may encounter during their training and career. Because data…

    9     ADAPTIVE SPORTS AND RECREATION Michelle Miller and Ellen S. Kaitz† Adapted sports for the disabled (DA) were introduced in the mid-20th century as a tool for the rehabilitation of…

    20     REHABILITATION OF CHRONIC PAIN AND CONVERSION DISORDERS Marisa A. Wiktor and Stacy J. B. Peterson (A. Chronic Pain) Michelle Miller (B. Conversion Disorders) Chronic pain and conversion disorders continue…

    21     AGING WITH PEDIATRIC ONSET DISABILITY AND DISEASES Margaret A. Turk, Jan Willem Gorter, and Lynne Romeiser Logan Aging is a fact of life, and although many may not be…

    12     CONCUSSION MANAGEMENT AND REHABILITATION Nicole Marcantuono and Jamie L. Spohn   INTRODUCTION   A 16-year-old male football player has just been tackled and is lying still on the ground….

    17     TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY Linda E. Krach, Mark E. Gormley, Jr., and Marcie Ward   EPIDEMIOLOGY   Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of death and disability in…