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Author:   Nicolas Deconinck (Queen Fabiola Children's University Hospital, Belgium) ,  Nathalie Goemans (University Hospitals, Leuven, Belgium)
Publisher:   Mac Keith Press
Imprint:   Mac Keith Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.50cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   1.066kg
ISBN:  

9781911612087

ISBN 10:   1911612085
Pages:   468
Publication Date:   09 August 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Foreword Rudolf Korinthenberg   Preface Nicolas Deconinck and Nathalie Goemans   Section A:  Introduction 1. Parent Perspectives on Neuromuscular Disorders: From Diagnosis, to Parenting and Living With, to Advance Care Planning and Preparing for Death Anne Rutkowski, Stacy Cossette, Anne Lennox and Ann Schrooten   2. The Importance of Setting up Guidelines for Neuromuscular Disorders  Thomas Sejersen   3. A Multidisciplinary Approach and Management as Best Care Model in Neuromuscular Disorders Nathalie Goemans   Section B:  Assessment of a Child with a Neuromuscular Disorder: The Cornerstone for Management        4. Clinical Evaluation and Diagnostic Approach Nicolas Deconinck, Sandra Coppens and Gauthier Remiche   5. The Importance of Evaluating Function in Neuromuscular Disorders      Anna G Mayhew   Section C: Overview of the Most Frequent Neuromuscular Conditions in Children and Disease Specific Medical Management 6. Spinal Muscular Atrophy and Other Motor Neuron Diseases Wendy K M Liew, Banu Sundar and Basil T Darras   7. Inherited Neuropathies Nicolas Deconinck and Lionel Paternoster   8. Acquired Neuropathies Nicolas Deconinck   9. Disorders of the Neuromuscular Junction: Inherited Myasthenic Syndromes and Juvenile Myasthenia Gravis Nicolas Deconinck   10. Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dytrophies                   Nathalie Goemans   11. Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophies Nathalie Goemans   12. Congenital Muscular Dystrophies Nathalie Goemans   13. Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy         Nicolas Deconinck   14. Congenital Myopathies Sandra Coppens   15. Myotonic Dystrophies      Liesbeth De Waele   16. Pompe Disease     Boglarka Bansagi and Peter Witters   17. Mitochondrial Disorders  Rudy van Coster   18. Channelopathies  Nicolas Deconinck   19. Inflammatory Myopathies           Nicolas Deconinck and Laurence Goffin   Section D: Physical Rehabilitation and Orthopaedic Management                                    20. Lifelong Physiotherapy: Staying Active    Imelda de Groot   21. Management of of Contractures: Stretching, Positioning and Splinting Tina Duong and Kristy Rose   22. Occupational Therapy and Robotics        Imelda de Groot   23. Orthopedic Complications in Neuromuscular Disorders Maarten Van Nuffel and Pierre Moens   24. Neuromuscular Scoliosis  Pierre Moens   Section E: Respiratory Management 25. Assessment and Management of Respiratory Function in Children with Neuromuscular Disorders      Oscar Mayer, Hemant Sawnani and Michel Toussaint   Section F: Feeding and Gastrointestinal Management        26. Gatro-intestinal Complications and Nutrition     Hasan Özen and Haluk Topalogou   Section G: Cardiac Management 27. Cardiac Management in Children with Neuromuscular Disorders          Karim Wahbi   Section H: Psychosocial Aspects        28. Cognitive, Behavioral and Psychosocial Aspects of Growing Up with a Neuromuscular Disease Sam Geuens   29. Transition to Adulthood   Ros Quinlivan   30. Sexual Health Needs in Patients with Neuromuscular Disorders            Laurent Servais

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Nicolas Deconinck is Professor and Deputy Head of Neurology at Hôpital Universitaire des Enfants Reine Fabiola, Belgium, where he leads the pediatric neuromuscular unit. He is also head of the clinical research programme at the Neuromuscular Center at Ziekenhuis University, Gent Belgium. Prof Deconinck is currently involved in several important new treatment development programmes in spinal muscular atrophy and Duchenne muscular dystrophy. He is actively involved in national and international research networks, with particular interest in the multidisciplinary aspects and the dissemination of standards of care. Nathalie Goemans is a paediatrician and child neurologist, with certification in rehabilitation medicine.  She is head of the Neuromuscular Reference Centre for Children at the University Hospitals, Leuven, Belgium. Her research activities involve translational and clinical research in various neuromuscular disorders, the development of new therapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy and spinal muscular atrophies and the research and development of outcome measures to assess interventions in these diseases. She has contributed to over 80 journal articles on neuromuscular disorders.

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