The goal of this text is to provide a comprehensive reference primarily written for physiotherapists working in a setting catering to the special needs of children. A detailed review of the five sections in this book revealed that there are large portions of this text devoted to clinical presentations that are likely foreign to chiropractic practice. This is largely due to the fact that many of these conditions fall outside of the chiropractic scope of practice. This would include topics dealing with developmental rehabilitation, burn management, rare genetic diagnoses, and mechanical ventilation.
The “Management of Musculoskeletal Impairment” section of this text will be much more familiar to chiropractic practitioners. This section discusses conditions such as juvenile idiopathic arthritis, congenital and idiopathic scoliosis, Scheuermann’s disease, spondylolisthesis, congenital muscular torticollis, slipped capital femoral epiphysis, and sports injuries in children. Although not all presentations are amendable to chiropractic intervention, chiropractors should have a general understanding of these conditions so that appropriate referral can be made where appropriate.
Overall, this text likely has limited utility for everyday chiropractic practice. Pertinent information regarding pediatric presentations can likely be obtained in other references more geared toward musculoskeletal care.