Hand Rehabilitation
A Practical Guide
Churchill Livingstone (Publisher)
Published in January 1993
Book
Spiral bound
360 pages
978-0-443-08821-6 (ISBN)
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Description
This is a practical, clinical text on hand therapy, organized by disorder. Each treatment is written in an easy-to-follow outline format, accompanied by drawings and photographs which illustrate key principles. The plans have been developed from protocols established in daily practice at Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, USA. There are anatomic illustrations of each disorder and simple line drawings of surgical procedures aid comprehension. The text includes descriptions of tissues affected by surgery, trauma or disease and high-quality photographs of splints and other therapy enliven the text.
This is a practical, clinical text on hand therapy, organized by disorder. Each treatment is written in an easy-to-follow outline format, accompanied by drawings and photographs which illustrate key principles. The plans have been developed from protocols established in daily practice at Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, USA. There are anatomic illustrations of each disorder and simple line drawings of surgical procedures aid comprehension. The text includes descriptions of tissues affected by surgery, trauma or disease and high-quality photographs of splints and other therapy enliven the text.
This is a practical, clinical text on hand therapy, organized by disorder. Each treatment is written in an easy-to-follow outline format, accompanied by drawings and photographs which illustrate key principles. The plans have been developed from protocols established in daily practice at Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, USA. There are anatomic illustrations of each disorder and simple line drawings of surgical procedures aid comprehension. The text includes descriptions of tissues affected by surgery, trauma or disease and high-quality photographs of splints and other therapy enliven the text.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
Adult education
Illustrations
108 half-tones, 36 line drawings, references, suggested reading, index
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 203 mm
Weight
853 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-443-08821-6 (9780443088216)
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02/1997
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Content
Wound management; skin grafts and flaps; burns; Dupuytren's disease; vessel repair; nerve repair; desensitization; sensory re-education; extensor tendon repair; flexor tendon repair; flexor tenolysis; primary tendon grafts; staged tendon reconstruction; mallet finger; swan neck deformity; Boutonniere deformity; DeQuervain's tendinitis; epicondylitis; shoulder tendinitis; thoracic outlet syndrome; ulnar nerve compression in cubital tunnel; ulnar nerve compression in Guyon's canal; carpal tunnel syndrome release; tendon transfers for radial nerve palsy; replantation; upper extremity amputation; partial digital amputation; total shoulder arthroplasty; total elbow arthroplasty; metacarpophalangeal joint arthroplasty; proximal interphalangeal, distal interphalangeal joint arthroplasty; thumb carpometacarpal joint arthroplasty; ulnar collateral ligament injury of the thumb; proximal interphalangeal joint fracture dislocation; finger fracture rehabilitation; metcarpal and proxminal interphalangeal joint capulectomy; internal, external fixation of wrist fractures; Palmar shlf arthroplasty; proximal row carpectomy; wrist arthrodesis; reflex sympathetic dystrophy; social work.