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Title Fundamentals of hand therapy : clinical reasoning and treatment guidelines for common diagnoses of the upper extremity / edited by Cynthia Cooper
Published St. Louis : Mosby Elsevier, [2007]
St. Louis, Missouri : Mosby Elsevier, [2007]
©2007
©2007

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 WATERFT HEALTH  617.5706 Coo/Foh  AVAILABLE
 WATERFT HEALTH  617.5706 Coo/Foh  AVAILABLE
Description xii, 562 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
4 3/4 in
Contents 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 -- Clients with functional somatic syndromes or challenging behavior -- Fundamentals of client-therapist rapport -- Roles of therapy assistants in hand therapy -- Some thoughts on professionalism -- 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
Notes "CD-ROM provides samples of hand therapy exercises, additional illustrations, and clinical forms that may be used with clients."--Page 4 of cover
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: For Windows, Windows 98 SE, or XP ; Internet Explorer 6.0; Nescape 7 or later; Firefox1.x; Microsoft Office 2000 or PowerPoint Viewer. For Macintos, MAC OS 10.2 or above; Firefox 1.x; Safari 1.x or later; Office X por PowerPoint Viewer
Description based on print version record
Subject Arm -- Diseases -- Treatment.
Arm -- Wounds and injuries -- Treatment.
Arm -- Wounds and injuries.
Hand -- Diseases -- Treatment.
Hand -- Wounds and injuries -- Treatment.
Hand -- Wounds and injuries.
Hand Deformities -- rehabilitation.
Hand Deformities -- therapy.
Hand Injuries -- rehabilitation.
Hand Injuries -- therapy.
Hand -- physiopathology.
Upper Extremity -- physiopathology.
Hand Deformities -- rehabilitation.
Hand Deformities -- therapy.
Hand Injuries -- rehabilitation.
Hand Injuries -- therapy.
Hand -- physiology.
Author Cooper, Cynthia, CHT.
LC no. 2007272187
ISBN 0323033865
9780323033862
Other Titles Hand therapy : clinical reasoning and treatment guidelines for common diagnoses of the upper extremity