Christa Einspieler, Heinz R. F. Prechtl, Arend Bos

Prechtl's Method on the Qualitative Assessment of General Movements in Preterm, Term and Young Infants

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Describes a qualitative assessment of general movements (GMs) as a specific predictor for neurological impairments, as devised by the distinguished developmental neurologist, Heinz Prechtl Includes a CD-Rom giving 15 cases selected from the book .

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Produktdetails

• Clinics in Developmental Medicine
• Verlag: Mac Keith Press
• Seitenzahl: 104
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 164mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 218g
• ISBN-13: 9781898683629
• ISBN-10: 189868362X
• Artikelnr.: 26420922

Inhaltsangabe

Authors' appointments
Introduction: how it all came about
1. Basic concepts of developmental neurology
2. What are spontaneous movements?
3. How to record and assess general movements?
4. What could interfere with the quality of movements?
5. How objective, reliable and valid is the general movement assessment?
6. The clinical application of the method
7. Quantitative assessment is an insensitive indicator of an impaired integrity of the nervous system
8. Brain ultrasound and general movement assessment
9. Neurological examination and general movement assessment
10. What other methods of general movement exist?
Epilogue
References
Index.