Contents
- Page 2 - Editorial (Eva Bower)
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
- Pages 3-10 - Assisted Standing - Experiences of Children with Cerebral Palsy and their Physiotherapists (S Bush, R Biggs)
SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS
- Pages 11-24 - The Role of Hypertonic Saline in Airway Clearance Pre-Adolescent CF Patients (B Culhane, S Blumenthal)
REVIEWS
- Pages 25-30 - Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy - An Overview (J Burslem, J Reid)
CLINICAL MANAGEMENT POLICY ARTICLES
- Pages 31-36 - An Integrated Pathway for Children with Coordination Difficulties in Wakefield (H Angilley, T Locking)
- Pages 37-44 - Physiotherapist-Led Neonatal Hip Screening Programme: A Ten Year Review (S Wilkinson)
- 45-49 - Case Study on Using the Transdisciplinary Approach to Develop an Individual Method for Measuring Progress for Children with Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties (D Heatly, Z Evans)
CASE REPORT
- 50-52 - Management of a Focal Dystonic Crisis in Cerebral Palsy: Use of Botulinum Toxin (H Coulton, L Katchburian)
FREE PAPER ABSTRACTS - APCP ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2011
- Page 53 - A National Survey of the Amount of Physiotherapy Intervention Given to Children with Cerebral Palsy in the UK in the NHS (S Coombe)
- Page 54 - Psychometric Evaluation of the Functional Walking Test for Children with Cerebral Palsy (A Quinn, M O'Regan, F Horgan)
- Page 55 - The Wee Glasgow Gait Index - A Mini Gait Scale and Neurobiomechanics Screening Tool: A Pilot Study (N Tennant, L Wiggins, H Read, B Meadows)
- Page 56 - Optimum Physiotherapy Management of Pre-Term Infants on Discharge from the Inpatient Setting: A Delphi Study (L Eldridge, L Campbell)
- Page 57 - An Audit to Identify the Frequency and Factors Influencing Sleep Disturbance in Ambulant and Non-Ambulant Children Attending the Dubowitz Neuromuscular Service at Great Ormond Street Hospital (K Finnegan, M Main)
BOOK REVIEWS
- Page 58 - 'Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy for People with Cerebral Palsy: A Problem-Based Approach to Assessment and Management' (Reviewed by E Kinley)
- Page 59 - 'Treatment pf Cerebral Palsy and Motor Delay' (Reviewed by S Cawker)
RARE DISEASES
- Pages 60-61 - Pompe Disease (M Wood)
COCHRANE REVIEWS
- Page 62 - Stretch for the Treatment and Prevention of Contractures (J Hartley)
NICE GUIDELINES
- Pages 63-64 - Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (S Coombe)
NHS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT SCOTLAND - EVIDENCE NOTE
- Page 65 - The Use of Craniual Orthosis for Infant Deformational Plagiocephaly (J Reid)
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