Publication Date:
2010
Short description:
Guide to the interpretation of cerebral palsy / Ferrari, A., Alboresi, S. - In: The Spastic Forms of Cerebral Palsy: A Guide to the Assessment of Adaptive Functions / [a cura di] http://www.springerlink.com/openurl.asp?genre=book&isbn=978-88-470-1477-0. - MILAN, ITALY : Springer Milan, 2010. - ISBN 9788847014770. - pp. 17-28 [10.1007/978-88-470-1478-7_2]
abstract:
The term cerebral palsy in English, paralisi cerebrale infantile in Italian, infirmité motrice cérébrale in French, paralisis cerebral in Spanish and Zerebral Bewegung Störung in German de fines a persistent but not unchangeable disorder of posture and motion, due to an organic and not progressive alteration of the cerebral function, determined by preperi- and post natal causes, before its growth and development are completed (Bax, 1964; Spastic Society Berlin, 1966, Edinburgh, 1969). © 2010 Springer-Verlag Milan.
Iris type:
Capitolo/Saggio
Keywords:
Medicine (all), cerebral palsy, adaptive functions
List of contributors:
Ferrari, Adriano; Alboresi, Silvia
Book title:
The Spastic Forms of Cerebral Palsy: A Guide to the Assessment of Adaptive Functions