Occupational Therapy : Practice Skills For Physical Dysfunction - Rilegato

Pedretti, Lorraine-Williams

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ISBN 10: 0323007651 ISBN 13: 9780323007658

Casa editrice: Elsevier, 2001

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Now the fifth edition of this trusted text is authored bytwo outstanding occupational therapy experts and 48 contributors who include educators, clinicians, and leaders in their profession.

Occupational Therapy Skills for Physical Dysfunction 5th Edition gives a comprehensive, in-depth overview of occupational therapy history and theory, the occupational therapy process, evaluation and intervention in the occupational performance areas, the performance components, interventions, and treatment applications. There is also a focus on occupation-based practice in the context of working with physical disabilities.

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Contenuti:

PART ONE: HISTORY AND THEORY FOR THE TREATMENT OF PHYSICAL DYSFUNCTION
Occupational performance and models for practice for physical dysfunction
History and practice trends in the treatment of physical dysfunction

PART TWO: OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PROCESS AND PRACTICE
The occupational therapy process
Treatment contexts
Occupational therapy evaluation and assessment of physical dysfunction
Treatment planning
A model of evidence-based practice for occupational therapy
Occupational therapy for prevention of injury and physical dysfunction
Teaching activities in occupational therapy
Documentation
Infection control and safety in the treatment environment

PART THREE: OCCUPATIONAL PERFORMANCE AND THE PERFORMANCE AREAS: EVALUATION AND INTERVENTION
Occupational performance
Activities of daily living
Mobility
Section 1: Functional Ambulation
Section 2: Wheelchairs
Section 3: Community Mobility
Sexuality as an activity of daily living
Work evaluation and work hardening
ADA: accommodating persons with disabilities
Leisure activities
Assistive technology

PART FOUR: EVALUATION AND INTERVENTION: THE PERFORMANCE COMPONENTS
Functional motion assessment
Joint range of motion
Muscle strength
Motor control
Visual deficits
Sensation and sensory dysfunction
Evaluation and treatment of perceptual motor deficits
Evaluation and treatment of cognitive dysfunction
The social and psychological experience of having a disability
Pain management

PART FIVE: OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY INTERVENTIONS
The Biomechanical Approach
Therapeutic occupations and therapeutic modalities
Orthotics
Hand splinting
Mobile arm supports and suspension arm devices
The Sensorimotor Approaches
The traditional sensorimotor approaches to treatment: an overview
The Rood approach: A reconstruction
Movement therapy: the Brunnstrom approach to the treatment of hemiplegia
The proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) approach
Neurodevelopmental treatment: the Bobath approach

PART SIX: TREATMENT APPLICATIONS
Cerebral vascular accident
Traumatic brain injury
Degenerative diseases of the central nervous system
Dysphagia
Spinal cord injury
Neurogenic and myopathic dysfunction
Arthritis
Hand and upper extremity injuries
Hip fractures and lower extremity joint replacement
Low back pain
Burns and burn rehabilitation
Amputations and prosthetics
Section 1: Body controlled prostheses
Section 2: Electric controlled prostheses
Section 3: Lower extremity amputations
Cardiac and pulmonary diseases
Oncology
Special needs of the older adult
HIV infection and AIDS

Appendix
Sample case studies
Sample treatment plan form with permission for reproduction for classroom use.

Product Description:

Book by Pedretti MS OTR Lorraine Williams Early MS OTRL

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• Editore: Elsevier
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0323007651
• ISBN 13: 9780323007658
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 5
• Numero di pagine: 1050