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Physical Therapy of Cerebral Palsy
By Freeman Miller.
416 pp (includes CD-ROM), $49.95.
New York, NY, Springer, 2007.
ISBN-13 978-0-3873-8303-3.
JAMA. 2007;298(20):2423-2424.
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This book was written by an orthopedic surgeon and the content is broad, covering the etiology and overall medical management of cerebral palsy, with the longest chapter devoted to gait. The title of the book is somewhat misleading, as the focus is not physical therapy of cerebral palsy but rather is derived from the author's previously published text, Cerebral Palsy. It appears that the chapters devoted to orthopedic surgery and patient management were removed from the previous text, to create this new book. For this reason, the intended audience is not clearly defined. The back cover notes indicate that this book will be valuable to physical therapists, yet the author singularly addresses physicians in several sections. In the introductory paragraphs of chapters 4 and 5, he writes that physicians should be knowledgeable about the therapies or durable medical equipment they prescribe.
If the focus of this book is indeed . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Eileen Fowler, PhD, PT, Reviewer
efowler@mednet.ucla.edu
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Center for Cerebral Palsy
Tarjan Center for Disabilities
University of Southern California
Los Angeles
Linda Fetters, PhD, PT, Reviewer
Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy
Department of Pediatrics
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
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