Fundamentals of hand therapy clinical reasoning and treatment guidelines for common diagnoses of the upper extremity / edited by Cynthia Cooper.

Contents 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.
General noteAccompanying CD-ROM provides samples of hand therapy exercises, additional illustrations, and clinical forms that may be used with clients.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2007272187
ISBN0323033865
ISBN9780323033862

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