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Pedretti's Occupational Therapy Practice Skills for Physical Dysfunction

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ISBN-10: 0323059120

ISBN-13: 9780323059121

Edition: 7th 2012

Authors: Heidi McHugh Pendleton, Winifred Schultz-Krohn

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Using a comprehensive, case-based learning approach, Pedretti's Occupational Therapy: Practice Skills for Physical Dysfunction, 7th Edition provides a thorough introduction to occupational therapy practice and prepares you to work with adults who have physical disabilities. 48 chapters cover everything from OT history, theory, process, and practice to evaluation, intervention, performance skills, and client factors. Significant updates have been made to this edition, including a new full-color design and new content on polytrauma and advances in prosthetics and assistive technologies. This leading text also offers a wide range of helpful features, such as threaded case studies, OT practice…    
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Book details

List price: $113.00
Edition: 7th
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Publication date: 12/20/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 1328
Size: 8.50" wide x 10.75" long x 2.25" tall
Weight: 6.512

Overview: Occupational Therapy Foundations for Physical Dysfunction
The Occupational Therapy Practice Framework and the Practice of Occupational Therapy for Persons with Physical Disabilities
History and Practice Trends in the Treatment of Physical Dysfunction
Occupational Therapy Process and Practice
Application of the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework to Physical Dysfunction
Systematic OT Practice: A Model of Evidence-Based Practice for OT
Health Promotion and Wellness for People with Physical Disabilities
Personal and Social Contexts of Disability: Implications for Occupational Therapists
Teaching Activities in Occupational Therapy
Documentation of Occupational Therapy Services
Infection Control and Safety Issues in the Clinic
Occupational Performance and the Performance Areas: Evaluation and Intervention
Activities of Daily Living
Mobility
: Functional Ambulation
: Wheelchairs
: Community Mobility
Sexuality and Physical Dysfunction
Sleep and Rest
Work Evaluation and Work Programs
Americans with Disabilities Act and Related Laws that Promote Participation in Work, Leisure, and Activities of Daily Living
Leisure Occupations
Assistive Technology
Performance Skills and Client Factors: Evaluation and Intervention
Performance Skills: Definitions and Evaluation in the Context of the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework
Evaluation of Motor Control
Occupation-Based Functional Motion Assessment
Evaluation of Joint Range of Motion
. Evaluation of Muscle Strength
Evaluation of Sensation and Intervention for Sensory Dysfunction
Evaluation and Treatment of Visual Deficits Following Brain Injury
Evaluation and Intervention of Perceptual Dysfunction
Evaluation and Intervention of Cognitive Dysfunction
Eating and Swallowing
Evaluation and Pain Management
The Occupational Therapy Process: Implementation of Intervention
Therapeutic Occupations and Modalities
Orthotics
: Hand Splinting: Principles, Practice, and Decision Making
: Suspension Arm Devices and Mobile Arm Supports
Traditional Sensorimotor Approaches to Intervention
: The Rood Approach: A Reconstruction
: Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Approach
Motor Learning
Intervention Applications
Cerebral Vascular Accident/Stroke
Traumatic Brain Injury
Degenerative Diseases of the Central Nervous System
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Alzheimer's Disease
Huntington's Disease
Multiple Sclerosis
Parkinson's Disease
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
General Considerations of Upper and Lower Extremity Amputations
Upper Extremity Amputations
Lower Extremity Amputations
Cardiac and Pulmonary Diseases
Oncology
Special Needs of the Older Adult
HIV Infection and AIDS
Polytrauma and the War on Terror NEW!
Glossary