Fundamentals of hand therapy :  clinical reasoning and treatment guidelines for common diagnoses of the upper extremity / 
edited by Cynthia Cooper. 
 - St. Louis :  Mosby Elsevier,  c2007. 
 - xii, 562 p. :  ill. ;  28 cm. +  1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) 
<br/><br/> Accompanying CD-ROM provides samples of hand therapy exercises, additional illustrations, and clinical forms that may be used with clients. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Fundamentals -- Fundamentals of clinical reasoning: hand therapy concepts and treatment techniques -- Upper extremity anatomy -- Edema reduction techniques: a biologic rationale for selection -- Tissue-specific exercises for the upper extremity -- Evaluation of the hand and upper extremity -- Assessment of functional outcomes -- Professionalism -- Clients with functional somatic syndromes or challenging behavior -- Fundamentals of client-therapist rapport -- Roles of therapy assistants in hand therapy -- Some thoughts on professionalism -- Treatment guidelines for common diagnoses of the upper extremity -- Common shoulder diagnoses -- Common elbow diagnoses -- Common peripheral nerve problems -- Common wrist and hand fractures -- Common forms of tendinitis/tendinosis -- Common finger strains and deformities -- Tendon injury -- Arthritis -- Pain-related syndromes: complex regional pain syndrome and fibromyalgia -- Burns -- Common infections -- Ganglion cysts and other common tumors of the hand and wrist -- Traumatic hand injury involving multiple structures -- Preventing and treating stiffness -- Dupuytren's disease -- Upper extremity problems in clients with central nervous system dysfunction -- Pediatric hand therapy -- Geriatric hand therapy. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0323033865 9780323033862 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007272187 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>101288027  DNLM 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Hand--Wounds and injuries.<br/>Hand--Diseases--Treatment.<br/>Arm--Wounds and injuries.<br/>Arm--Diseases--Treatment.<br/>Hand Deformities--rehabilitation.<br/>Hand Deformities--therapy.<br/>Hand Injuries--rehabilitation.<br/>Hand Injuries--therapy.<br/>Hand--physiopathology.<br/>Upper Extremity--physiopathology.<br/>Main--Lésions et blessures--Traitement.<br/>Main--Maladies--Traitement.<br/>Membres supérieurs--Lésions et blessures--Traitement.<br/>Membres supérieurs--Maladies--Traitement.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RD559  / .F86 2007 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>2006 K-777 WE 830  / F9813 2007