Includes bibliographical references and index.

The changing face of intervention in infants with cerebral palsy / Roberta Shepherd -- Corticospinal tract development and activity-dependent plasticity / Janet Eyre -- Re-thinking the brain : new insights into early experience and brain development / Mary Galea -- Functional effects of neural impairments & subsequent adaptations in cerebral palsy / Adel Abdullah Alhusaini -- The syndrome of deforming spastic paresis : pathophysiology, assessment & treatment / Nicolas Bayle, Jean-Michel Gracies -- Skeletal muscle changes due to cerebral palsy / Richard L Lieber, Lucas Smith -- Early muscle development in children with cerebral palsy : the consequences for further muscle growth, muscle function, and long-term-mobility / Martin Gough, Adam P. Shortland -- Early diagnosis and prognosis in cerebral palsy / Giovanni Cioni, Vittorio Belmonti, Christa Einspieler -- Effects of motor activity on brain and muscle development in cerebral palsy / Diane Damiano -- The consequences of independent locomotion for brain and psychological development / David I. Anderson ... [et al.] -- Training lower limb performance in early infancy : support, balance and propulsion / Roberta Shepherd -- Treadmill training in early infancy : sensory & motor effects -- Caroline Teulier, Marianne Barbu-Roth, David Anderson -- Very early upper limb interventions for infants with asymmetric brain lesions / Roslyn Boyd, Micah Perez, Andrea Guzzetta -- Constraint-induced therapy and bimanual training in children with unilateral cerebral palsy / Andrew M Gordon -- Interactive technologies for diagnosis and treatment in infants with cerebral palsy / Jens Bo Nielsen.