Providing essential tips and guidelines for hand therapy practice, Coopers Fundamentals of Hand Therapy, Forth Edition, emphasizes the foundational knowledge and clinical reasoning skills that you need to effectively treat upper extremity diagnoses. This user-friendly, illustrated text and reference helps you think critically about each client’s individual needs by describing the evaluation process, highlighting the humanistic side of each encounter through case studies, and sharing wisdom and insights the contributing authors have acquired through years of practice. This updated edition includes new chapters on brachial plexus injury, pediatric hand conditions, musician injuries and focal dystonia, and an updated chapter on common shoulder diagnoses, making it an indispensable reference for practicing therapists.
Part 1: Fundamentals 1. Fundamentals: Hand Therapy Concepts and Treatment Techniques 2. Evidence-Based Practice: The Basic Tools 3. Functional Anatomy 4. Evaluation of the Hand and Upper Extremity 5. Assessment of Functional Outcomes 6. Orthoses: Essential Concepts 7. Fundamentals of Edema Management 8. Tissue Healing and Wound Care 9. Infections 10. The Stiff Hand 11. Physical Agent Modalities in Upper Extremity Rehabilitation 12. Clinical Reasoning and Problem Solving in Upper Extremity Rehabilitation 13. Addressing Physiological Tissue Layers to Treat Musculoskeletal Conditions: Application to Hand Therapy 14. Facilitating Adherence to the Plan of Care
Part 2: Clinical Reasoning and Treatment Guidelines for Common Diagnosis of the Upper Extremity 15. Common Orthopedic Shoulder Conditions 16. Common Orthopedic Elbow Conditions 17. Fractures of the Distal Forearm and Wrist 18. Wrist Instabilities 19. Hand Fractures 20. Finger Sprains and Deformities 21. Extensor Tendon Injuries 22. Flexor Tendon Injuries 23. Peripheral Nerve Injuries 24. Adult Traumatic Brachial Plexus Injuries 25. Tendon Transfers and Nerve Transfers 26. Arthritis 27. Upper Extremity Burns 28. Dupuytren Contracture 29. Ganglions and Tumors of the Hand and Wrist 30. Pediatric Hand Rehabilitation 31. Musculoskeletal Occupational Overuse Injuries 32. Musculoskeletal Overuse Injuries in Musicians 33. Chronic Pain Conditions in the Upper Extremity 34. Task Specific Focal Dystonia 35. Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy
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