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J
Joint, contractures of (See Contractures)
dislocated (See Dislocations)
exercises, Chapter 42, 139‑149
fused joints, 56, 135, 137
over‑stretched joints, 28 (Also see Back knee)
painful joints, Chapters 15‑18 (also see Knee pain)
range of motion, testing, 27‑29, 79
spasticity, 89
stiffness of joints, 52, 122, 135
stiffness with arthrogryposis, 122
Joint Pain, Chapter 15
chart of causes and treatment of chronic joint pain, 130‑131
guidelines for treatment, 132‑134
Juvenile Arthritis (See Arthritis, juvenile)
K
Knee jerks (tendon reflex), testing, 39‑40
with polio, 40, 59
with cerebral palsy, 40
Knee pain, as a sign of a hip problem, 157
below‑knee pain (Osgood‑Slater’s problem), 130
causes of joint pain, chart, 130
with arthritis, 135, 143‑146
with rheumatic fever, 153
Knock‑knees, Chapter 11
as a cause of flat feet, 114
correction, 114
with contractures, 77, 101
with spastic cerebral palsy, 89, 90, 101
Kyphosis (rounded back) (See Spinal curves)
L
Language (See Communication; Deafness)
Lapboards, tables and trays, 605‑607, 611
Lathyrism, A‑7, 15
Latrines (See Toilets)
Learning (See Development, Education, Behavioral approach to
development)
Learning disabilities in children of normal intelligence,
Chapter 41
Leg length, difference in, 34, 61
raised soles or ‘lifts’ for, 549
Legg‑Perthes disease, 157‑158
Legs, bow legs, 113, 125
differences in length, 34
incomplete or missing, 121
knock‑knees, 113‑114
Leprosy, Chapter 26
aids, 221, 223‑225
books on leprosy, 638‑639
cause, 215
checking children for, 216, 226
community acceptance and attitudes, 226
deformities, causes and prevention, 222‑225
diagnosis and types of leprosy, 217‑218
foot wear, 224‑225
pressure sores (ulcers), Chapter 24, 222‑225
prevention, 226
reactions, 219
signs, 216
traditional beliefs, 215, 226
treatment, 220‑221
Lift or raised soles, on shoe for short leg, 68, 163, 549
Limbs missing or cut off (See Amputations)
Lordosis (swayback) (See Spinal curves)
Los Pargos, 112, 517
Love, Sex, and Marriage of Disabled Persons, Chapter 52
marriage and family possibilities of persons with spinal cord
injury,178
mentally slow child and sex, 495
sex education, 496
Lying aids, 95, 96, 98, 105, 198, 199, 302, 310, 571‑572,
574, 618
Disabled village Children
M
Malnutrition, and poverty, 13‑14
and the disabled child, 13, 125, 320
as a cause of:
birth defects, 119, 124
deafness, 258, 282
hypothyroidism, 282
night blindness, 244
nutritional blindness (xerophthalmia), 244
premature birth (cerebral palsy and multiple disabilities), 91
rickets, 125
short size, 126
prevention of malnutrition, 321
Marriage (See Love, Sex, and Marriage of Disabled Persons)
Measles, as a cause of disabilities, 91, 245
Measuring, head size, 41
hip angle, 34, 163
leg length difference, 34, 163
range of motion, 43‑47
rib hump with spinal curve, 163
tools for measuring joint positions, 43‑47
vision, 452‑453
Medicine
for acid in stomach, 134
for arthritis, 134, 137
for bone infections, 160
for cerebral palsy, 91
for eyes, 137, 221, 223, 244‑246
for learning disabilities and over active child, 366
for leprosy, 220‑221, 223
for pain, 134, 137
for prevention of polio, 74
for rheumatic fever, 154
for seizures, 237‑242
for softer stool and regular bowel function, 213
for tuberculosis, 166
for urinary infection, 211
overuse and misuse, 18‑20, 157
problems caused:
birth defects, 119, 239
by aspirin, 134
by corticosteroids, 137, 239, 246
by eye medicines and home cures, 246
by growth hormones, 126
by indomethacin and phenylbutazone, 137
by phenytoin, 238
during pregnancy, 119, 239
swollen gums, 238
swollen ‘moon’ face, 137
Meningitis, as cause of disabilities, 91, 233, 245
signs and symptoms, 108
Meningocele (See Spina bifida)
Mental Development, evaluation, 36; chart, 293
Mental illness, 278
Mental retardation (See Mental slowness)
Mental slowness, Chapter 32
and cerebral palsy, 87, 88, 104
causes of, 278
child with several severe disabilities, 283‑285
Down syndrome, 279‑281
helping the mentally slow, 280‑281
hypothyroidism, 282
Missing arms, legs or body parts (See Amputations and Birth
Defects)
Mongolism (See Down syndrome)
Moon face (puffy round face), from corticosteroids, 137
with Down syndrome, 282
with hypothyroidism, 282
Moving injured persons, 180
Multiply disabled child (See Several severe disabilities,
Chapter 33)
Muscle imbalance, a cause of contractures, 78, 129, 138, 183
with arthritis, 138‑140, 141‑146
Muscle jerking, repeated (clonus), 176
Muscle tightness (See Spasticity)
Muscle strength, testing and evaluating, 26, 30‑33