Introduction to Podopediatrics

Peter Thomson (Edited by), Russell G. Volpe (Edited by)

9780443062087, Elsevier Health Sciences

Hardback, published 4 July 2001

408 pages
28 x 19 x 2.7 cm, 0.97 kg

Introduction to Podopaediatrics 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 an American educator and practitioner both podiatrists.

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

Subject Areas: Chiropody & podiatry [MQK], Orthopaedics & fractures [MNS], Paediatric medicine [MJW]