Title: Prosthetics and orthotics : lower limb and spinal /
Authors: Seymour, Ron,
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Prosthesis; Orthopedic apparatus.; Artificial limbs; Artificial legs.; Amputees Rehabilitation; Artificial Limbs; Orthotic Devices; Leg; Spine; Amputees rehabilitation; Physical Therapy Modalities
Abstract: Focusing on the lower extremities and spine, this extensively illustrated text presents a problem-solving approach to the evaluation and prescriptio of prosthetics and orthotics in physical therapy interventions. Prosthetics and Orthotics presents the latest developments in materials and fabrications, an in-depth analysis of gait deviations and interventions, conditions, psychosocial issues, biomechanics, and more. Th invaluable resource also includes pediatric and geriatric perspectives, scientific literature supporting evidence-based practice, exercise and functional activities for the patient, case studies following the APTA's "Guide to Physical Therapist Practice", critical thinking questions, lab activities and practical applications. (Publisher's Description).
Contents: section I. Introduction to prosthetics and orthotics -- Examination of the patient with an amputation and the patient requiring an orthosis -- The team approach and financial issues -- Psychosocial issues of patients with prostheses and orthoses -- Biomechanical implications of prosthetics and orthotics / Susan D. Miller -- section II. Clinical use of dressings and bandages -- Development of an exercise/functional program -- Transtibial components: clinical decision making -- Transfemoral components: clinical decision making -- The patient with a bilateral amputation: clinical decision making -- The patient with a transpelvic/hip disarticulation amputation: clinical decision making -- Pediatric patients with lower-extremity amputations: clinical decision making / Mary Evans -- Sports implications for the individual with a lower-extremity prosthesis / Kendra Miller -- section III. Examination of foot biomechanics in relation to sporting injuries and foot orthotic intervention / Gabriel Yankowitz -- Orthoses for orthopedic conditions / Carol Gambell -- Orthoses for patients with neurologic disorders: clinical decision making / Karen Kott -- Orthoses for spinal conditions: clinical decision making -- section IV. Case studies in Guide to Physical Therapist format -- Appendix : Case studies.