Tom F. Novacheck – författare

This book is based on presentations and discussions of a group of world-renowned experts during a symposium “International Cerebral Palsy Function & Mobility Symposium:  Improving Quality of Life for Individuals with Cerebral Palsy through Treatment of Gait Impairment” which was held in Banff, Canada, in December 2019. Clinicians and scientists are paired to discuss the current state of knowledge, working at the border of what we know and what we don’t, to advance the care of those with gait impairment due to cerebral palsy. Using authors with different focus, points of view, and ways of thinking, to help establish a framework to guide research efforts for the next five years and to ensure that progress continues to be made to improve the quality of life for those with gait impairments. Disparate topics are unified by a common format of bulleted key points and objectives at the beginning of each chapter and research goals at the end to make the results more rapidly accessible. Focus on gait and mobility in a clear, well-structured format.Enhances debate and exploration of issues.Challenges long-held assumptions to explore the current state of research, testing, and treatment and help direct it meaningfully.The disparate topics are unified by a common format of bulleted key points and objectives at the beginning of each chapter and research goals at the end to make the results more rapidly accessible.Presents objective, but also expert opinion, on how future research could be best directed. Patient goals need more attention, outcomes have stagnated, the details of the underlying neurological impairments are still a mystery, and strong evidence for what we do is desperately needed.

Gait Problems in Cerebral Palsy focuses on the surgical care and postoperative rehabilitation of children with cerebral palsy as they grow through early and late childhood, and adolescence.The book describes the neurologic and musculoskeletal issues that are frequently treated in children in each age group. It describes how to evaluate the children, create problem lists, make treatment choices, carry out interventions, and provide rehabilitation therapies. It: Emphasizes the critical importance of dialogue with children and parents, and age-related data derived from the GOAL questionnaire is provided to focus insight on the priorities of patients and families.Presents descriptions of patient and family priorities, decision-making and surgical techniques, and rehabilitation therapies for each age group.Offers consistent chapter structures that emphasize clarity and brevity, supplemented by figures and tables.Highlights the importance of building collaborative multidisciplinary clinical teams.Includes access to numerous videos which demonstrate clinical teams at work with patients, surgical techniques, and rehabilitation activities.  Essential reading for orthopaedic surgeons, physiatrists, physical therapists, kinesiologists, gait analysis experts, and other members of the interdisciplinary team involved.

Approximately 20 percent of all scoliosis cases have a known cause. Scoliosis: Congenital, Neuromuscular, Syndromic and other Nonidiopathic Types explains the condition and includes both the current best-practice treatments and the lived experience of families. It is a companion book to Idiopathic scoliosis, which addresses scoliosis where the cause is unknown.The writing of this scoliosis book was led by Tenner J. Guillaume, MD, Walter H. Truong, MD, and Danielle Harding, PA-C, spine specialists at Gillette Children s, a world-renowned center of excellence for the treatment of brain, bone, and movement conditions. This book is part of the Gillette Children s Healthcare Series, a series of books for families who are looking for clear, comprehensive information. Health care professionals, researchers, educators, students, and extended family members will also benefit from reading it. Scoliosis: Congenital, Neuromuscular, Syndromic and other Nonidiopathic Types is part of the Gillette Children s Healthcare Series, a collection of nine books focused on childhood-acquired physical and neurological conditions. Each book provides a detailed medical explanation of a specific condition, its evidence-based best-practice treatments, and includes the lived experience of families. The series emphasizes the importance of collaboration between professionals and families, with both parties contributing their expertise. For each book in the series, medical professionals at Gillette Children s have led the writing, and families have contributed the lived experience.The goal of the series is to empower families through a greater understanding of their condition and therefore help optimize outcomes for children, adolescents and adults living with these childhood-acquired and largely lifelong conditions. Healthcare professionals, researchers, educators, students, and others will also benefit from reading books in this series.