Prosthetics and Orthotics : Lower Limb and Spinal

di Seymour • 2002 • dettagli prodotto

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DESCRIZIONE

Focusing on the lower extremities and spine, this extensively illustrated text presents a problem-solving approach to the evaluation and prescription of prosthetics and orthotics in physical therapy interventions. Provided is a systemic method for examination, evaluation, and implementation of various interventions in the management of the patient requiring a prosthesis or orthosis. 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. This 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.Table Of Contents I: Introduction1. Introduction to Prosthetics and Orthotics2. Examination of the Patient with an Amputation and the Patient Requiring an Orthosis3. The Team Approach and Financial Issues4. Psychosocial Issues of Patients with Prostheses and Orthoses5. Implications of BiomechanicsII: Prostheses6. Dressings and Bandaging7. Development of an Exercise/Functional Program8. Transtibial Components-Clinical Decision Making9. Transfemoral Components-Clinical Decision Making10. The Patient with a Bilateral Amputation-Clinical Decision Making11. The Patient with a Transpelvic/Hip Disarticulation Amputation-Clinical Decision Making12. Pediatric Patients with Lower Extremity Amputations-Clinical Decision Making13. Sports Implications for the Individual with a Lower Extremity ProsthesisIII: Orthoses14 . Examination of Foot Biomechanics in Relation to Sporting Injuries and Foot Orthotic Intervention15. Orthoses for Orthopedic Conditions16. Orthoses for Patients with Neurological Disorders-Clinical Decision Making17 . Orthoses for Spinal Conditions-Clinical Decision MakingIV: Case Studies in the Guide to Physical Therapist Practice Format