Fundamentals of hand therapy
Subtitle: clinical reasoning and treatment guidelines for common diagnoses of the upper extremity
By: edited by Cynthia Cooper.
Contributors: Cooper, Cynthia, CHT.
Publisher: Mosby Elsevier
Published: 2007
Place of publication: St. Louis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 562
ISBN-13: 9780323033862
Subjects: Hand -- Wounds and injuries.; Hand -- Diseases -- Treatment.; Arm -- Wounds and injuries.; Arm -- Diseases -- Treatment.; Hand Deformities -- rehabilitation.; Hand Deformities -- therapy.; Hand Injuries -- rehabilitation.; Hand Injuries -- therapy.; Hand -- physiopathology.; Upper Extremity -- physiopathology.; Main -- Lésions et blessures -- Traitement.; Main -- Maladies -- Traitement.; Membres supérieurs -- Lésions et blessures -- Traitement.; Membres supérieurs -- Maladies -- Traitement.
Notes: Accompanying CD-ROM provides samples of hand therapy exercises, additional illustrations, and clinical forms that may be used with clients.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Fundamentals; title: Fundamentals of clinical reasoning: hand therapy concepts and treatment techniques; title: Upper extremity anatomy; title: Edema reduction techniques: a biologic rationale for selection; title: Tissue-specific exercises for the upper extremity; title: Evaluation of the hand and upper extremity; title: Assessment of functional outcomes; title: Professionalism; title: Clients with functional somatic syndromes or challenging behavior; title: Fundamentals of client-therapist rapport; title: Roles of therapy assistants in hand therapy; title: Some thoughts on professionalism; title: Treatment guidelines for common diagnoses of the upper extremity; title: Common shoulder diagnoses; title: Common elbow diagnoses; title: Common peripheral nerve problems; title: Common wrist and hand fractures; title: Common forms of tendinitis/tendinosis; title: Common finger strains and deformities; title: Tendon injury; title: Arthritis; title: Pain-related syndromes: complex regional pain syndrome and fibromyalgia; title: Burns; title: Common infections; title: Ganglion cysts and other common tumors of the hand and wrist; title: Traumatic hand injury involving multiple structures; title: Preventing and treating stiffness; title: Dupuytren's disease; title: Upper extremity problems in clients with central nervous system dysfunction; title: Pediatric hand therapy; title: Geriatric hand therapy.