La bibliografia della tesi è riportata sotto ogni paragrafo e capitolo, in modo che sia più facile e immediato il riferimento all'articolo di spunto.

Le fonti degli articoli, degli studi e degli approfondimenti provengono da un archivio dati di riferimento corrispondente alle seguenti pubblicazioni:

• Giornale di Neuropsichiatra Età Evol utiva2011; Vol 31 n.1: “Le terapie alternative e complementari nella ribilitazione delle disabilità dello sviluppo”
• “Complementary and alternative methods in cerebral palsy” W. Looppenheim, Developmental Medicine & Chil neurology 2009, 51
• “Effects of massage on the mechanical behaviour of muscles in adolescents with spastic diplegia: a pilot study” R. Macgregor et al. Developmental Medicine & Chil neurology 2007, 49
• “Controversial treatment of spasticity: exploring alternative therapies for motor function in children with cerebral palsy” J Child Neurol 2003, Rosenbaum P

Questo rappresenta solo la base della letteratura di riferimento, che si è ampliata mano a mano vedendo gli autori rilevanti per l'argomento, controllando i loro lavori nella sezione pubblicazioni dei siti web, e considerando le references legate ed attinenti presenti in bilbiografia.

Ho letto e riportato citazioni di oltre 100 articoli, provenienti o da siti web specifici come:

• www.nccam.nih.gov (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)
• www.istat.it
• www.TuttoOsteopatia.it
• InternationalSociety for StemCellReasearch. www.isscr.org
• www.stemresearchnews.com
• ClinicalTrials.gov

O da siti ufficialmente riconosciuti, contenenti archivi di letteratura scientifica come:

• www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov (Pubmed)
• www.isiwebofknowledge.com
• www.cochrane.org
• Entrez Global Query Cross-Database Search System

Bibliografia articoli:

• “Evidence-based Complementary and Alterntive Medicine working group” Wilson K, Mills EJ. J altern complement Med 2002;
• “Validating complementary and alternative medicine and the clash of evidential paradigm”. Evid based Complement Alternat Med 2011
• “Systematic reviews involving complementary and alternative medicine interventions had higher quality of reporting than conventional medicine reviews” J Clin Epidemiol 2005, Lawson ML et al
• 3”Language of publication restrinctions in systematic reviews gave different results depending on wether the intervention was conventional or complementary” L Clin Epidemiol 2005, Pham B et al
• “Developing CAM Research capacity for complementary Medicine. Evid based Complement Altern Med 2006, Lewith G et al
• “Ethics meets complementary and alternative medicine:new light on old principles”Contemporary pediatr 2004,Kemper K etal
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Natl Health Stat Report, 2008 ”Complementary and alternative medicine in autism: an evidence- based approach to negotiating safe and efficacious interventions with families”. Neurotherapeutics, 2010 ”Holistic and Integrative Medicine. The use of complementary and alternative medicine in pediatrics” Pediatrics 2008 Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT). Le terapie non convenzionali in Italia, anno 2005. “On the influence of abnormal parturitium, difficult labours, premature birth, asphyxia neonatorum on the mental and physical condition of the child, especially in the relation of deformities” W. J. Little, 1862. “ Die infantile cerebrallahmung in Spezialle pathologie und therapie” S.Freud 1897 “Terminology and classification of cerebral palsy” Dev Med Cild Neurol M. Bax 1964 “The changing panorama of cerebal palsy in Sweden” Acta Pediatric Scand. Hagberg, 1975 Ferrari A (2000) I problemi percettivi connessi ai disordini motori della paralisi cerebrale infantile. 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Bone Marrow Transplantation 2004 Per il questionario ho preso spunto per le TAC in generale dalla letteratura da un proget work intitolato “Medicine Complementari Alternative, tra medicamento e condizionamento .Una cura differente.” Programma “Scienziati in Azienda” - XI Edizione Stresa, 27 Settembre 2010 – 12 Luglio 2011. Tutta la parte specifica riguardante le PCI e la riabilitazione integrativa è stata creata da me