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PHYSICAL DYSFUNCTION PRACTICE SKILLS FOR THE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSISTANT
Physical Dysfunction Practice Skills for the Occupational Therapy AssistantTo order this title, and for more information, click here
Second Edition

By
Mary Beth Early, MS, OTR/L, Professor, Occupational Therapy Assistant Program, LaGuardia Community College, The City University of New York, Long Island City, NY

Description
Designed as both a practical clinical reference and a comprehensive classroom text, the second edition of Physical Dysfunction Practice Skills for the Occupational Therapy Assistant meets the need of OTA programs for a focused, easy-to-use approach to physical dysfunction. This new edition is thoroughly updated and expanded to include areas such as work, habits of health and wellness, leisure and social participation, and activities and occupations of daily living.

Contents


Part I: History and Foundations

1. Brief History of OT and Role of the OTA in Physical Disabilities Practice
2. OT and Physical Disabilities: Scope, Theory, and Approaches to Practice
3. Psychosocial Aspects of Physical Disability
4. Infection Control and Safety Issues in the Clinic


Part II: Framework and Process

5. Occupational Therapy Process: Evaluation and Intervention in Physical Dysfunction
6. Documentation of OT Services


Part III: Assessment of Client Factors

7. Assessment of Motor Control and Functional Motion
8. Assessment of Joint Range of Motion
9. Assessment of Muscle Strength
10. Assessment of Sensation, Perception and Cognition


Part IV: Intervention and Principles

11. Teaching and Learning in Occupational Therapy
12. Habits of Health and Wellness
13. Occupations, Purposeful Activities, Preparatory Activities


Part V: Performance in Areas of Occupation

14. Activities and Occupations of Daily Living
15. Assistive Technology
16. Moving in the Environment: Functional Mobility, Transfer Training, Wheelchairs, Driving
17. Sexuality: An Activity of Daily Living
18. Work
19. Promoting Engagement in Leisure and Social Participation


Part VI: Interventions for Performance Skills and Client Factors

20. The Special Needs of the Older Adult
21. Hand Splinting
22. Sensorimotor Approaches to Treatment
23. Interventions for Deficits in Vision and Other Sensory Functions
24. Interventions for Disturbances in Perception and Cognition


Part VII: Clinical Applications

25. Cerebrovascular Accident
26. Traumatic Brain Injury
27. Degenerative Diseases of the Central Nervous System
28. Spinal Cord Injury
29. Neurogenic and Myopathic Dysfunction
30. Arthritic Diseases
31. Acute Hand Injuries
32. Hip Fractures and Lower Extremity Joint Replacement
33. Burns
34. Amputations and Prosthetics
35. Cardiac and Dysfunction and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
36. Oncology
37. HIV Infection and AIDS


Bibliographic details
Hardbound, 752 pages, publication date: JAN-2006
ISBN-13: 978-0-323-03188-2
ISBN-10: 0-323-03188-9
Imprint: MOSBY


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