Orthotics in Hand Therapy
Description
This practical manual shows beginners and experienced hand therapists how to fabricate custom made orthosis for the upper extremity.
More than 650 illustrations demonstrate the fabrication steps of static, static-progressive, and dynamic orthoses. The experienced team of authors explains the goals, indications, and possible variations for every orthosis and provides clinical examples. Tips and tricks help avoiding common mistakes in the practical implementation.
Learn from the experts how to correctly create orthoses designs from an anatomical and physiological aspect as well as additional, further detailed supportive extended interventions on the thermoplastics e.g. clear instructions for the patient on wear and care of the orthosis
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Persons
Walter Bureck, Annette Kark, Hanne Wendt, Martin Behrendt, and Ina Gundelwein are certified hand therapists and instructors of the German Association for Hand Therapy (DAHTH e.V.) who treat the full spectrum of hand rehabilitation in major clinics. They have many years of experience and extensive knowledge in both inpatient and outpatient therapies surgical and non-surgical managed conditions and injuries of the upper extremity, including complex conditions such as fracture, nerve, and tendon traumas, amputations, burns, congenital malformations, rheumatic diseases, arthroplasties, and more.
Prof. Dr. Martin Langer is a specialist in surgery and trauma surgery with additional certification in hand surgery, specializing in hand and microsurgery. He also specializes in orthopedics and trauma surgery and is the deputy medical director of the Clinic for Trauma, Hand, and Reconstructive Surgery. He has compiled a history of splint treatment for the hand and has created the illustrations in this book.
Content
1. General fundamentals of track construction.- 2. Production of static rails, description "step by step".- 3. Fundamentals of dynamic track construction.- 4. Basic knowledge of dynamic track construction.- 5. Production of dynamic rails, description "step-by-step".- 6. Finished rails.- Service section: Glossary, Literature.