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	PEDRETTI'S OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY Practice Skills for Physical Dysfunction To order this title, and for more information, click here Sixth Edition Edited By Heidi Pendleton, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, USA Winifred Schultz-Krohn, PhD, OTR/L, BCP, SWC, FAOTA, Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, USA Description Pedretti's Occupational Therapy Skills for Physical Dysfunction gives a comprehensive, in-depth overview of occupational therapy history and theory, the occupational therapy process and practice, evaluation and intervention in the occupational performance areas, performance skills and client factors, implementation of intervention, and intervention applications. The text focuses on occupation-based practice in the context of working with physical disabilities, and takes a client-centered approach. New chapters and expert contributors bring a fresh approach to the text. New content on motor control and learning, prevention, and cultural diversity is integrated throughout. Contents Part I: Overview: Occupational Therapy Foundations for Physical Dysfunction 1. Occupational Therapy Practice Framework and the World Health Organization?s International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health 2. History and Practice Trends in the Treatment of Physical Dysfunction Part II: Occupational Therapy Process and Practice 3. Application of the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework to Physical Dysfunction 4. Systematic OT Practice: A Model of Evidence-Based Practice for OT 5. Health Promotion and Wellness for People with Physical Disabilities 6. Personal and Social Contexts of Disability: Implications for Occupational Therapists 7. Instructional Methods in Occupational Therapy 8. Documentation of Occupational Therapy Services 9. Infection Control and Safety Issues in the Clinic Part III: Occupational Performance and the Performance Areas: Evaluation and Intervention 10. Activities of Daily Living 11. Mobility Section I: Functional Ambulation Section II: Wheelchairs Section III: Community Mobility 12. Sexuality and Physical Dysfunction 13. Work Evaluation and Work Programs 14. Americans with Disabilities Act and Related Laws that Promote Participation in Work, Leisure, and Activities of Daily Living 15. Leisure Occupations 16. Assistive Technology Part IV: Performance Skills and Client Factors: Evaluation and Intervention 17. Performance Skills: Definitions and Evaluation in the Context of the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework 18. Evaluation of Motor Control 19. Occupation-Based Functional Motion Assessment 20. Evaluation of Joint Range of Motion 21. Evaluation of Muscle Strength 22. Evaluation of Sensation and Intervention for Sensory Dysfunction 23. Evaluation and Treatment of Visual Deficits Following Brain Injury 24. Evaluation and Intervention of Perceptual Dysfunction 25. Evaluation and Intervention of Cognitive Dysfunction 26. Eating and Swallowing 27. Evaluation and Pain Management Part V: The Occupational Therapy Process: Implementation of Intervention 28. Therapeutic Occupations and Modalities 29. Orthotics Section I: Hand Splinting Section II: Mobile Arm Supports and Suspension Slings 30. Traditional Sensorimotor Approaches to Intervention Overview Section I: The Rood Approach: A Reconstruction Section II: Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Approach 31. Neurodevelopmental Treatment of Adult Hemiplegia 32. Motor Relearning Part VI: Intervention Applications 33. Cerebral Vascular Accident/Stroke 34. Traumatic Brain Injury 35. Degenerative Diseases of the Central Nervous System 36. Spinal Cord Injury 37. Neurogenic and Myopathic Dysfunction 38. Arthritis 39. Hand and Upper Extremity Injuries 40. Hip Fractures and Lower Extremity Joint Replacement 41. Low Back Pain 42. Burns and Burn Rehabilitation 43. Amputations and Prosthetics Section I: Upper Extremity Body Controlled Prostheses Section II: Upper Extremity Electric Controlled Prostheses Section III: Lower Extremity Amputations 44. Cardiac and Pulmonary Diseases 45. Oncology 46. Special Needs of the Older Adult 47. HIV Infection and AIDS Glossary Bibliographic & ordering Information Hardbound, 1280 pages, publication date: JUN-2006 ISBN-13: 978-0-323-03153-0 ISBN-10: 0-323-03153-6 Imprint: MOSBY 024/219 Last update: 4 Jul 2008	Book contents Table of contents Reviews Submit your review Bookmark this page Recommend this publication Overview of all books