11 Training lower limb performance in early infancy Support, balance and propulsion Roberta B. Shepherd Chapter contents Introduction Part 1: support, balance, propulsion Support of upper body over lower limbs…
1 The changing face of intervention in infants with cerebral palsy Roberta B. Shepherd Chapter contents Historical view Understanding impairments and adaptations and their effects on learning and motor performance…
Annotation A Aspects of motor training Roberta B. Shepherd Chapter contents Targeted training and exercise Relationship between strength and function Endurance and fitness Concentric–eccentric muscle activity Specificity and transfer Specificity…
6 Skeletal muscle changes due to cerebral palsy Richard L. Lieber and Lucas R. Smith Chapter contents Review of skeletal muscle structure and function as related to cerebral palsy Basic…
14 Constraint-induced therapy and bimanual training in children with unilateral cerebral palsy Andrew M. Gordon Chapter contents Task-oriented training Constraint-induced movement therapy Constraint-induced therapy in children with unilateral CP Age…
10 The consequences of independent locomotion for brain and psychological development David I. Anderson, Joseph J. Campos, Monica Rivera, Audun Dahl, Ichiro Uchiyama and Marianne Barbu-Roth Chapter contents Brief historical…
2 Corticospinal tract development and activity-dependent plasticity Janet Eyre Chapter contents Corticospinal tract development and plasticity in sub-primate mammals Corticospinal development and plasticity in sub-human primates Corticospinal development in humans…
13 Very early upper limb interventions for infants with asymmetric brain lesions Roslyn Boyd, Micah Perez and Andrea Guzzetta Chapter contents The problem Definitive diagnosis of hemiplegia Critical periods of…
8 Early diagnosis and prognosis in cerebral palsy Giovanni Cioni, Vittorio Belmonti and Christa Einspieler Chapter contents Techniques for the clinical assessment of the neonatal nervous system Prechtl’s method on…
12 Treadmill training in early infancy sensory and motor effects Caroline Teulier, Marianne Barbu-Roth and David I. Anderson Chapter contents The birth of the infant treadmill stepping paradigm Plasticity and…
