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Introduction to Podopediatrics

  • 2nd Edition - July 4, 2001
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Peter Thomson, Russell G. Volpe
  • Language: English

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 specia… Read more

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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.

Key features

  • Little else on this topic is available
  • Written by a leading transatlantic team of experts
  • Addresses a core part of the podiatrists case load
  • Comprehensive and up-to-date
  • Written at a level appealing to both students and practitioners
  • Concise and well-illustrated

    Readership

    Podiatry, trainees in paediatrics and orthopaedics

    Table of contents

    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

    Product details

    • Edition: 2
    • Latest edition
    • Published: July 10, 2001
    • Language: English

    About the editors

    PT

    Peter Thomson

    Affiliations and expertise
    Private Practitioner

    RV

    Russell G. Volpe

    Affiliations and expertise
    Professor and Chairman, Department of Pediatrics, New York College of Podiatric Medicine, New York, NY

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