"This book provides a comprehensive overview of the challenges of motor development and the consequent impact of poor motor function in later childhood for infants with cerebral palsy (CP).This book will provide a useful reference for therapists working with infants and young children with CP, particularly those who have an interest in understanding neuromotor and musculoskeletal development and the impact of CP on mobility." -Reviewed by: Oxford Brookes University on behalf of the British Journal of Occupational Therapy, Dec 2014

• Part 1: Introduction1 The changing face of intervention in infants with cerebral palsyRoberta ShepherdAnnotation A: Aspects of motor trainingRoberta ShepherdPart 2: Neuromotor Plasticity & Development2 Corticospinal tract development and activity-dependent plasticity Janet Eyre 3 Re-thinking the brain: New insights into early experience and brain developmentMary Galea Part 3: Impairments & Neuromuscular Adaptations to Impairments & Inactivity4 The syndrome of deforming spastic paresis: pathophysiology, assessment & treatmentNicolas Bayle, Jean-Michel Gracies5 Functional effects of neural impairments & subsequent adaptations in cerebral palsy Annotation B: Findings from a series of studies of passive mechanical properties of muscle in young children with cerebral palsy Adel Abdullah Alhusaini6 Skeletal muscle changes due to cerebral palsyRichard L Lieber, Lucas Smith 7 Early muscle development in children with cerebral palsy: the consequences for further muscle growth, muscle function, and long-term-mobilityMartin Gough, Adam P Shortland Part 4: Early and Active Intervention to Optimize Growth, Development & Functional Motor Performance8 Early diagnosis and prognosis in cerebral palsyGiovanni Cioni, Vittorio Belmonti, Christa Einspieler9 Effects of motor activity on brain and muscle development in cerebral palsyDiane Damiano 10 The consequences of independent locomotion for brain and psychological developmentDavid I Anderson, Joseph J Campos, Monica Rivera, Audun Dahl, Ichiro Uchiyama, Marianne Barbu-Roth Part 5: Specific Methods of Motor Training for Infants11 Training lower limb performance in early infancy: support, balance and propulsion Roberta Shepherd Annotation C: Kick Start: Using the mobile infant learning paradigm to promote early leg action Linda Fetters12 Treadmill training in early infancy- sensory & motor effectsCaroline Teulier, Marianne Barbu-Roth, David Anderson 13 Very early upper limb interventions for infants with asymmetric brain lesionsRoslyn Boyd. Micah Perez, Andrea Guzzetta14 Constraint-induced therapy and bimanual training in children with unilateral cerebral palsyAndrew M Gordon 15 Interactive technologies for diagnosis and treatment in infants with cerebral palsyJens Bo Nielsen

"This book provides a comprehensive overview of the challenges of motor development and the consequent impact of poor motor function in later childhood for infants with cerebral palsy (CP).This book will provide a useful reference for therapists working with infants and young children with CP, particularly those who have an interest in understanding neuromotor and musculoskeletal development and the impact of CP on mobility." -Reviewed by: Oxford Brookes University on behalf of the British Journal of Occupational Therapy, Dec 2014

• Part 1: Introduction1 The changing face of intervention in infants with cerebral palsyRoberta ShepherdAnnotation A: Aspects of motor trainingRoberta ShepherdPart 2: Neuromotor Plasticity & Development2 Corticospinal tract development and activity-dependent plasticity Janet Eyre 3 Re-thinking the brain: New insights into early experience and brain developmentMary Galea Part 3: Impairments & Neuromuscular Adaptations to Impairments & Inactivity4 The syndrome of deforming spastic paresis: pathophysiology, assessment & treatmentNicolas Bayle, Jean-Michel Gracies5 Functional effects of neural impairments & subsequent adaptations in cerebral palsy Annotation B: Findings from a series of studies of passive mechanical properties of muscle in young children with cerebral palsy Adel Abdullah Alhusaini6 Skeletal muscle changes due to cerebral palsyRichard L Lieber, Lucas Smith 7 Early muscle development in children with cerebral palsy: the consequences for further muscle growth, muscle function, and long-term-mobilityMartin Gough, Adam P Shortland Part 4: Early and Active Intervention to Optimize Growth, Development & Functional Motor Performance8 Early diagnosis and prognosis in cerebral palsyGiovanni Cioni, Vittorio Belmonti, Christa Einspieler9 Effects of motor activity on brain and muscle development in cerebral palsyDiane Damiano 10 The consequences of independent locomotion for brain and psychological developmentDavid I Anderson, Joseph J Campos, Monica Rivera, Audun Dahl, Ichiro Uchiyama, Marianne Barbu-Roth Part 5: Specific Methods of Motor Training for Infants11 Training lower limb performance in early infancy: support, balance and propulsion Roberta Shepherd Annotation C: Kick Start: Using the mobile infant learning paradigm to promote early leg action Linda Fetters12 Treadmill training in early infancy- sensory & motor effectsCaroline Teulier, Marianne Barbu-Roth, David Anderson 13 Very early upper limb interventions for infants with asymmetric brain lesionsRoslyn Boyd. Micah Perez, Andrea Guzzetta14 Constraint-induced therapy and bimanual training in children with unilateral cerebral palsyAndrew M Gordon 15 Interactive technologies for diagnosis and treatment in infants with cerebral palsyJens Bo Nielsen