DESCRIPTION:
This is the latest edition of the definitive work on hand therapy, combining information on both surgical and non-surgical methodologies. Contributors to the book include leading hand surgeons and leading authorities in hand therapy.
Key Features
Provide the best patient care and optimal outcomes with trusted guidance from this multidisciplinary, comprehensive resource covering the entire upper extremity, now with increased coverage of wrist and elbow problems.
New to This Edition
- Apply the latest treatments, rehabilitation protocols, and expertise of leading surgeons and therapists to help your patients regain maximum movement after traumatic injuries or to improve limited functionality caused by chronic or acquired conditions.
- Effectively implement the newest techniques detailed in new and updated chapters on a variety of sports-specific and other acquired injuries, and chronic disorders.
- Keep up with the latest advances in arthroscopy, imaging, vascular disorders, tendon transfers, fingertip injuries, mobilization techniques, traumatic brachial plexus injuries, and pain management.
- See conditions and treatments as they appear in practice thanks to detailed, full-color design, illustrations, and photographs.
- Access the full contents online with streaming video of surgical and rehabilitation techniques, downloadable patient handouts, links to Pub Med, and regular updates at www.expertconsult.com.
- Get a fresh perspective from seven new section editors, as well as an even more geographically diverse set of contributors.
CONTENTS:
PART I - ANATOMY OF THE UPPER EXTREMITY
PART II - EVALUATION
PART III - WOUND MANAGEMENT
PART IV - INFECTIONS
PART V - FRACTURES AND JOINT INJURIES TO THE HAND
PART VI - TENDON INJURIES PART VII - ACUTE NERVE INJURIES
PART VIII - COMPRESSION NEUROPATHIES
PART IX - BRACHIAL PLEXOPATHIES
PART X - SURGICAL RECONSTRUCTION FOR NERVE INJURIES
PART XI - VASCULAR AND LYMPHATIC DISORDERS
PART XII - SOFT TISSUE CONDITIONS
PART XIII - CUMULTIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS
PART XIV - STIFFNESS OF THE HAND
PART XV - THE MIND-HAND CONNECTION: PSYCHOLOGIC ASPECTS OF HAND INJURIES
PART XVI - COMMON WRIST INJURIES
PART XVII - COMMON ELBOW INJURIES
PART XVIII- COMMON SHOULDER INJURIES
PART XIX - MAJOR TRAUMATIC CONDITIONS
PART XX - THERMAL AND ELECTRICAL INJURIES
PART XXI - RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
PART XXII - OSTEOARTHRITIS
PART XXIII - THE OTHER ARTHRIDITIES
PART XXIV - PAIN
PART XXV- SPECIAL TECHNIQUES OF THERAPISTS"" INTERVENTION
PART XXVI - SPLINTING: PRINCIPLES AND TECHNIQUES
PART XXVII - PEDIATRIC CONDITIONS
PART XXVIII - GERIATRIC CONDITIONS
PART XXIX - THE WORKER, MUSICIAN, AND ATHLETE IN A HAND REHABILITATION SETTING
