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Second Edition
Edited By
Peter Thomson, BSc, DPodM, MChS, Private Practitioner
Russell Volpe, DPM, Professor and Chairman, Department of Pediatrics, New York College of Podiatric Medicine, New York, NY
Description
INTRODUCTION TO PODOPEDIATRICS, 2/E is a concise but comprehensive introduction to the effective care of foot problems in children. Including
coverage of the general, specialist and medical conditions which may influence the course of the podiatric treatment. Written by a multidisciplinary,
international team of contributors under the editorship of a UK practitioner and and American educator and practitioner -- both podiatrists.
Audience
Podiatrists - trainees and practitioners, orthopedic surgeon trainees, general practitioners, pediatricians.
Contents
Section 1:
Psychological considerations in the child patient
Growth and development
History-taking and the physical examination
Paediatric
gait
Section 2:
General medicine and diabetes
Rheumatic diseases of childhood and adolescence
Paediatric neurology
Cutaneous
diseases in childhood
Section 3:
Radiological examination of the child's foot
Orthopaedic conditions affecting the foot
in childhood
Torsional and frontal plane conditions of the lower extremity
Developmental flatfoot.
Section 4:
Physical
therapy
Serial casting
Orthotic management
Sports injuries.
APPENDICES
Appendix 1 Special investigations
Appendix
2 Examples of recognised human teratogens
Appendix 3 Autosomal dominant disorders
Appendix 4 Autosomal recessive disorders
Appendix
5 X-linked disorders
Appendix 6 Developmental milestones
Index
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 408 pages, publication date: JUL-2001
ISBN-13: 978-0-443-06208-7
ISBN-10: 0-443-06208-0
Imprint: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
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Last update: 30 Oct 2009
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