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Clinical Reasoning and Treatment Guidelines for Common Diagnoses of the Upper Extremity
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By
Cynthia Cooper, MFA, MA, OTR/L, CHT, Director of Hand Therapy at NovaCare Rehabilitation, Phoenix, AZ, USA
Description
This illustrated text and reference emphasizes the fundamentals of hand therapy – for both specialists and non-specialists who encounter
clients with hand issues. It provides a consistent format with tips and guidelines for hand therapy treatment. Coverage includes hand
anatomy, key terms and concepts, and the evaluation process. A focus on professional issues includes clients with functional somatic
syndromes and challenging behavior, client-therapist rapport, and the roles of therapy assistants. Providing many case studies, this
text helps therapists think critically about clients' individual needs.
Contents
Part One: Fundamentals
1. Fundamentals of Clinical Reasoning: Hand Therapy Concepts and Treatment Techniques and
Rationale for Use – Cynthia Cooper
2. Upper Extremity Anatomy – Sharon Flinn and Peggy Beckley
3. Edema Reduction Techniques:
A Biological Rationale for Selection – Sandra Artzberger
4. Tissue-Specific Exercises for the Upper Extremity – Lori Falkel
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Evaluation of the Hand and Upper Extremity – Linda Klein
6. Assessing Functional Outcomes – Rebecca von der Heyde
Part
Two: Professionalism
7. Clients with Functional Somatic Syndromes and Clients with Challenging Behavior – Joel Moorhead
and Cynthia Cooper
8. Fundamentals of Client-Therapist Rapport – Teri Britt
9. Therapy Assistants' Roles in Hand Therapy – Cynthia Cooper
Appendix to Part Two: Some Thoughts on Professionalism – Cynthia Cooper
Part Three: Treatment
Guidelines for Common Diagnoses of the Upper Extremity
10. Common Shoulder Diagnoses – Mike Butler
11. Common
Elbow Diagnoses – Michael Staino
12. Common Peripheral Nerve Problems – Anne Moscony
13. Common Wrist and Hand Fractures – Anne Moscony
14. Common Forms of Tendinitis/Tendinosis – Cynthia Cooper and Hope Martin
15. Common Finger Sprains and
Deformities – Cynthia Cooper
16. Tendon Injury – Linda Klein
17. Arthritis – Jeanine Biese
18. Pain Related Syndromes:
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and Fibromyalgia – Romina Astifidis
19. Burns – Lisa Deshaies
20. Common Infections – Cynthia
Cooper
21. Ganglion Cysts and Other Common Tumors of the Hand and Wrist – Cynthia Cooper
22. Traumatic Hand Injury Involving
Multiple Structures – Paige Kurtz
23. Preventing and Treating Stiffness – Barbara Haines
24. Dupuytren's Disease – Cornelia
von Lersner-Benson
25. Upper Extremity Problems in Clients with Central Nervous System Dysfunction – Michelle Abrams
26.
Pediatric Hand Therapy – Lynn Bassini and Mukund Patel
27. Geriatric Hand Therapy – Cynthia Cooper
Glossary
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Hardbound, 576 pages, publication date: AUG-2006
ISBN-13: 978-0-323-03386-2
ISBN-10: 0-323-03386-5
Imprint: MOSBY
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Last update: 30 Nov 2009
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