APCP Journal Volume 6 Number 2

 CONTENTS

  • Page 3 - Editorial (Cate Naylor)

ORIGINAL RESEARCH

  • Pages 5-8 - They Can Cure That Now Can't They?  UK Press Representations of Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy Surgery in the Treatment of Cerebral Palsy (A. Baddeley)

SCHOLARLY ARTICLES

  • Pages 9-17 - Education, Health and Care Plans – the Context, Progress and Practicalities (J. Scholfield)
  • Pages 18-25 - Physiotherapists working with Children with Cerebral Palsy and their Families Exploring the Psychological Aspects (A. Rangecroft)
  • Pages 26-38 - From Stable Standing to Rock and Roll Walking (Part 2): Designing, Aligning and Tuning Orthoses for Standing Stepping and Gait (REPRINT) (E. Owen)

CASE STUDY             

  • Pages 39-43 - Consideration of the ICF in cerebellar stroke in childhood: A single case study (A. Hollis)

AUDIT REPORT

  • Pages 44-49 - Significance of Discharge Planning: An Audit of a Paediatric Orthopaedic Multidisciplinary Pre-admission Clinic (N. Cash, V. Mukori)

CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS

  • Page 50 - Experiences Using the ABILHAND-Kids Questionnaire in a UK Setting (J. Baggely, E. Kirkpatrick, J. Pearse, A. Basu) 
  • Page 51 - Feasibility study of the ‘Upsee’ as a new community mobility device and its impact on gross motor function in young children with Cerebral Palsy (Gross Motor Function Classification System level II-IV) (C. Mitson, M. Walk-Ley, A. Wallace, C. Conigliaro) 
  • Page 52 - The Use of Clinical Audit in Successfully Implementing  a Change of Clinical Practice in Developmental Positioning (A. Hunter)
  • Page 53 - Exploring the challenges in conducting a randomised controlled trial (RCT) into nighttime positioning for children with cerebral palsy (CP) (S. Crombie)
  • Page 54 - Development of a battery of non-invasive measures of leg function, in typically developing children aged 1-4 years: an intra-rater reliability study (R. Rapson, J. Marsden)
  • Pages 55-56 - Literature Review of Nasopharyngeal Suction (M. Davidson, P. Ritson, L. Turner)
  • Page 57 - Children Are Not Small Adults: How Prepared Do Physiotherapy Students Feel (L. Berry, C. Anderson) 

BOOK REVIEWS

  • Pages 58-59 - Physiotherapy in Respiratory and Cardiac Care: an evidence-based approach (4th edition) (H. Forbes)
  • Page 60 - Down Syndrome: Current Perspectives (C. Calderon)

RARE DISEASES

  • Pages 61-62 - Muscle Eye Brain Disease (MEB) (M. Main, A. Wicks)

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