Foot Therapy for Children; A textbook concerned primarily with the prenatal, natal and postnatal problems of the feet and the lower extremities in infancy and childhood by Philip R. Brachman is a classic text from 1966.
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Table of Contents for Foot Therapy for Children:
1. Introduction to Podopediatrics
2. Schools for the Physically Handicapped Children
3. Foot and Leg Problems of Infancy and Early Childhood
4. Examination of Children
5. Reflexes In Infancy
6. Muscles
7. Outline for Development from Birth to Adolescence
8. Posture in Children
9. Prevention of Postural Deformities in Children
10. Etiology of Foot Diseases and Deformities
11. Outline of Deformities of the Lower Extremity in Childhood
12. Tibial Torsion and Femoral Torsion
13. In-toeing and Out-toeing
14. The Use of the Brachman Skates in the Treatment of Foot Problems in Early Childhood
15. Talipes
16. Retarded Bony Development of the Midtarsus
17. Osteochondritis
18. Metatarsus Varus
19. Physical vs Chronological Age
20. Cerebral Palsy in Infants and Children
21. Foot Related Deformities of the Hip
22. Systemically Related Foot Problems
23. Metabolic Hypothyroidism
24. Foot Related Disease of Spinal Origin
25. Systemic Related Problems of Growth
26. Diseases of Muscles
About the author of Foot Therapy for Children:
Philip R. Brachman DSC, was a Professor of Orthopedics at the College of Chiropody and Pedic Surgery in Chicago. He later took up the presidency of Illinois College of Podiatric Medicine in 1971 and was instrumental in forming the American College of Foot Orthopedists in 1949. Dr Brachman was a podiatrist at the Children’s Rehabilitation Center of Mercy Hospital, where he specialized in the gait of children with cerebral palsy. This led him to invent an ambulatory splint, known as the Brachman Talipes Skate to help the gait of these children.
Other Books by Philip R. Brachman:
Shoe Therapy, a Scientific Guide for Shoe Fitting and Shoe Corrections
Foot Orthopedics
Mechanical Foot Therapy
Podiatric Orthopedics: Principles and Practices
Book Details:
Title: Foot Therapy for Children
Author: Philip R. Brachman DSC
Publisher: Podiatry Book Co. Chicago
Published: 1966
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 289
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