Pedretti's Occupational Therapy

by Pendleton, Heidi Mchugh, Ph.d.; Schultz-krohn, Winifred, Ph.d.

• ISBN13: 9780323059121
• ISBN10: 0323059120
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780323339278
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-12-20
• Publisher: Mosby Inc
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Summary

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 notes, and ethical considerations that help you apply content to a clinical setting. UNIQUE! Threaded case studies help you apply key concepts to real-life situations. UNIQUE! OT Practice Notes convey important considerations for professional practice. UNIQUE! Ethical Considerations highlight information you need to know to practice ethically. Client-centered perspective uses the terminology set forth by the updated 2008 OT Practice Framework to help you include the client when making treatment decisions. Evidence-based content includes clinical trials and outcome studies where appropriate. Cultural diversity/sensitivity familiarizes you with diverse client populations and situations you may encounter in professional practice. UNIQUE! Information on prevention moves your OT comprehension beyond just intervention and treatment. Student Resources on Evolve feature video clips, review questions, crossword puzzles, learning activities, forms for practice, and more to aid your understanding of key concepts. Key terms, chapter outlines, and chapter objectives lay out the information you can expect to learn from a chapter. Chapter on polytrauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, and injuries related to the War on Terror teaches you how to provide OT services to this unique population. Content covers new advances in prosthetics and assistive technologies, and provides more up-to-date assessment and interventions for TBI problems related to cognitive and visual perception. Full-color design visually clarifies important concepts. Video clips on the companion Evolve website vividly demonstrate a variety of OT interventions.

Table of Contents

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

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