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Book SynopsisThis thoroughly updated second edition of Manual of Pediatric Balance Disorders remains a vital resource for clinicians and students specializing in pediatric vestibular and balance disorders. The text is organized for effective use in the clinic, classroom, bedside, or laboratory, and is separated into four parts: Basic Mechanisms, Clinical Evaluation, Pediatric Vestibular Disorders, and Treatment. Each chapter ends with Self-Assessment Questions to aid in reader comprehension and address important chapter topics. Manual of Pediatric Balance Disorders features contributions from 45 experts across the fields of otolaryngology, audiology, neurology, and physical therapy, and represents the distillation of years of cumulative clinical and research experience. New to the Second Edition • New Co-Editor, Jacob R. Brodsky, MD • Five new chapters with the latest research and findings on various testing and topics in pediatric balance disorders o Chapter 7. Video Head Impulse Testing (VHIT) o Chapter 12. New Horizons for the Evaluation of Functional Balance, Self-Motion Perception, Navigation, and Mobility o Chapter 13. Genetics and Metabolism in Pediatric Vestibular Disorders o Chapter 15. Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) o Chapter 24. Vertigo, Dizziness and Mental Health • Fully rewritten chapters on migraine and concussion • Updated references and self-assessment questions throughout • Access to a PluralPlus companion website with videos, figures, self-assessment questions and suggested readings
Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements Editor’s Biographies Contributors Section I. Basic Mechanisms Chapter 1. Anatomy and Embryology of the Vestibular Apparatus Richard Vincent, Huseyin Isildak, Michael Teixido Chapter 2. Physiology and Maturation of Balance Mechanisms Thierry Morlet Section II. Clinical Evaluation Chapter 3. Vestibular Adaptation and Compensation James O. Phillips Chapter 4. History and Physical Examination of the Child with a Balance Disorder Sharon L. Cushing, Jessica Levi, and Robert C. O'Reilly Chapter 5. VNG/ENG Testing with Children Emily Zwicky Chapter 6. Rotary Chair Testing James O. Phillips Chapter 7. Video Head Impulse Testing (vHIT) Guangwei Zhou, Violette Lavender, and Vincent Wettstein Chapter 8. Vestibular-Evoked Myogenic Potential Testing (VEMP) Testing Sylvette Wiener-Vacher and Guangwei Zhou Chapter 9. Static Balance: Computerized Dynamic Posturography Eugen Ionescu, Pierre Reynard, Nathalie Goulème, and Hung Thai-Van Section III. Pediatric Vestibular Disorder Chapter 10. Dynamic Balance and Gross Motor Assessment Anne Scofich and Renee Haldenby Chapter 11. Gait Analysis John Henley, Tim Niiler, and Freeman Miller Chapter 12. New Horizons for the Evaluation of Functional Balance, Self-Motion Perception, Navigation, and Mobility L. Campos, Claire McSweeny, Karen A. Gordon, and Sharon L. Cushing Chapter 13. Genetics and Metabolism in Pediatric Balance Disorders Lance H. Rodan and Melissa Ramocki Chapter 14. Peripheral Vestibular Dysfunction Sharon L. Cushing and Jane Lea Chapter 15. Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) Sophie Lipson and Jacob R. Brodsky Chapter 16. Vestibular Migraine and the Pediatric Migraine Variants Henri Traboulsi, Margaretha Casselbrant, and Jacob R. Brodsky Chapter 17. Vestibular Dysfunction in Pediatric Concussion Jacob R. Brodsky Chapter 18. Structural Lesions of the Central Nervous System Shelly Wang and George M. Ibrahim Chapter 19. Neurodegenerative Diseases David R. Lynch, Abigail Lynch, and Kimberly Schadt Chapter 20. Seizure Disorders Christina Y. Go Section IV. Treatment Chapter 21. Pediatric Movement Disorders Teesta Soman and Ana Marissa Lagman-Bartolome Chapter 22. Ocular and Oculomotility Abnormalities in Children Y. Arun Reginald Chapter 23. Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) Stephanie Moody Antonio Chapter 24. Vertigo, Dizziness and Mental Health Gillian Liberman, Wanda A. Dillon, Philip Gerretsen, and Sharon L. Cushing Chapter 25. Multisensory Deficits Joan Vertes Chapter 26. Vestibular Rehabilitation Michael Karl Chapter 27. Environmental Adaptations Janet Woodhouse, Morai Pena, and Nicole Laprade Chapter 28. Current and Future Research and Challenges Sharon L. Cushing and Robert C. O’Reilly Self-Assessment Answer Key Index
