Contributors

xiii

Foreword to the First Edition

xvii

Acknowledgments

xix

Editorial Review Board

xxi

PART I

HISTORY & WELLNESS

Chapter 1

Introduction to Chiropractic Pediatrics   Alana K. Callender

1

Chapter 2

Wellness and the Chiropractic Lifestyle   Matthew Mccoy and Anthony J. Carrino

7

PART II

FUNDAMENTALS

Chapter 3

Spinal Subluxation   Joel Alcantara, Joey D. Alcantara, and Junjoe Alcantara

27

Chapter 4

Diagnostic Imaging   Christopher Kent, Gregory Plaugher, David Borges, Karen M. Borges, David M. Steiner, and David L. Cichy

49

Chapter 5

Spinal Examination and Specific Spinal and Pelvic Adjustments   Claudia A. Anrig

171

PART III

PREGNANCY

Chapter 6

The Prenatal and Perinatal Period   Judy A. Forrester

289

Chapter 7

Perinatal Chiropractic Care for Dystocia Prevention and Improved Birth Outcomes   Jeanne Ohm

370

PART IV

NEUROLOGY

Chapter 8

Functional Neuroanatomy of the Cerebrospinal and Autonomic Nervous Systems   Steven T. Tanaka and Charles J. Martin

381

Chapter 9

Neuroimmunology   Stephen C. Marin1

446

Chapter 10

Neurological Examination   Peter Thibodeau

470

Chapter 11

Selected Neurologic and Visceral Disorders   Steven T, Tanaka

506

PART V

NEURO-ORTHOPEDICS

Chapter 12

Orthopedics   Peter N. Fysh and Steven T. Tanaka

585

Chapter 13

Scoliosis   Raymond R. Brodeur, J. Michael Menke, and Richard A. Elbert

629

PART VI

PRIMARY CARE

Chapter 14

History and Physical Assessment   Monikaa. Buerger

669

Chapter 15

Non-Accidental Injury and Child Maltreatment   Phillip S. Ebrall and Neil J. Davies

693

Chapter 16

The Febrile Child   Shahinaz E. Soliman, Gregory Plaugher, and Joel Alcantara

705

Chapter 17

Pediatric Nutrition   Mikell S. Parsons

733

Chapter 18

Vaccination   Joel Alcantara and Ronald Lanfranchi

755

Chapter 19

Children in Motor Vehicle Collisions   Daniel J. Murphy

797

PART VII

ADOLESCENT HEALTH

Chapter 20

Care of the Adolescent   Phillip S. Ebrall

829

Chapter 21

Precocious Puberty   Navine G. Haworth

856

Chapter 22

Adolescent Patients with Acute Spinal Fractures and Subluxations   Gregory Plaugher, David J. Rowe, David L. Cichy, Cheryl E. Goble, Richard A. Elbert, Christopher R. Hart, J. Larry Troxell, and Peter Thibodeau

867

PART VIII

SPECIALTY PRACTICES

Chapter 23

Sensory Processing Disorder   Monika A. Buerger

917

Chapter 24

Neurodevelopmental Disorders   Monikaa. Buerger

990

Chapter 25

Motor Disorders in Children   Linda Mullin Elkins

1028

Chapter 26

The Challenged Child   Cheryl E. Goble

1037

PART IX

SPECIALIZED TECHNIQUES

Chapter 27

Sacro-Occipital Technique for the Pediatric Patient (Sot Level I)   Martin Rosen

1049

Chapter 28

Pediatric and Prenatal Instrument-Based Adjusting   Drew G.Rubin

1094

Chapter 29

Use of the Drop Mechanism during the Adjusting of Children and the Pregnant Patient   James Thompson

1100

Chapter 30

Logan Basic Technique for Infants, Children, and Pregnant Women   D. Patrick Montgomery

1110

Chapter 31

Low-Force Specific Upper Cervical: Atlas Orthospinology and Atlas Orthogonal   Julie Mayer Hunt and Laura A. Sheehan

1121

Chapter 32

Craniosacral Therapy   Carol J.Phillips

1146

Index

1185