Fundamentals of hand therapy : clinical reasoning and treatment guidelines for common diagnoses of the upper extremity / edited by Cynthia Cooper, Owner, Cooper Hand Therapy, Scottsdale, AZ, Adjunct Faculty, Occupational Therapy, A.T. Still University, Mesa, AZ.
Material type: TextPublisher: St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier Mosby, [2014]Edition: Second editionDescription: xii, 596 pages : illustrations ; 29 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780323091046 (hbk.)
- 0323091040 (hbk.)
- 617.575044 23
- RD559 .F86 2014
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Accompanying CD-ROM provides samples of hand therapy exercises, additional illustrations, and clinical forms that may be used with clients.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Fundamentals -- Fundamentals of clinical reasoning: hand therapy concepts and treatment techniques -- Upper extremity anatomy -- Edema reduction techniques: a biologic rationale for selection -- Tissue-specific exercises for the upper extremity -- Evaluation of the hand and upper extremity -- Assessment of functional outcomes -- Professionalism -- Clients with functional somatic syndromes or challenging behavior -- Fundamentals of client-therapist rapport -- Roles of therapy assistants in hand therapy -- Some thoughts on professionalism -- Treatment guidelines for common diagnoses of the upper extremity -- Common shoulder diagnoses -- Common elbow diagnoses -- Common peripheral nerve problems -- Common wrist and hand fractures -- Common forms of tendinitis/tendinosis -- Common finger strains and deformities -- Tendon injury -- Arthritis -- Pain-related syndromes: complex regional pain syndrome and fibromyalgia -- Burns -- Common infections -- Ganglion cysts and other common tumors of the hand and wrist -- Traumatic hand injury involving multiple structures -- Preventing and treating stiffness -- Dupuytren's disease -- Upper extremity problems in clients with central nervous system dysfunction -- Pediatric hand therapy -- Geriatric hand therapy.
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