Physical Dysfunction Practice Skills for the Occupational Therapy Assistant

by Early

• ISBN13: 9780323031882
• ISBN10: 0323031889
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-01-20
• Publisher: Mosby

Summary

Designed as both a practical clinical reference and a comprehensive classroom text, the second edition of Physical Dysfunction Practice Skills for the Occupational Therapy Assistant meets the need of OTA programs for a focused, easy-to-use approach to physical dysfunction. This new edition is thoroughly updated and expanded to include areas such as work, habits of health and wellness, leisure and social participation, and activities and occupations of daily living. Special boxes provide snapshots of real-life situations and solutions. Case studies threaded throughout the chapters apply key concepts in a real-life setting. Selected Reading Guide Questions and Summaries help students assess and evaluate the material they have learned. Evidence-based content, including clinical trials and outcome studies, shows the evidentiary basis for OTA practice. Key Terms, and Chapter Objectives lay out essential information in each chapter. A client-centered approach to treatment and maintenance of health allows the OTA to include the client when making decisions about planning and treatment. Three new chapters cover information on Work, Habits of Health and Wellness, and Leisure and Social Participation. Expanded to reflect emerging practices and the changing field.

Table of Contents

History and Foundations	p. 1
Brief History of Occupational Therapy and Role of the Occupational Therapy Assistant in Physical Disabilities Practice	p. 3
Occupational Therapy and Physical Disabilities: Scope, Theory, and Approaches to Practice	p. 13
Psychosocial Aspects of Physical Disability	p. 28
Infection Control and Safety Issues in the Clinic	p. 48
Framework and Process	p. 61
Occupational Therapy Process: Evaluation and Intervention in Physical Dysfunction	p. 63
Documentation of Occupational Therapy Services	p. 85
Assessment of Client Factors	p. 105
Assessment of Motor Control and Functional Motion	p. 107
Assessment of Joint Range of Motion	p. 121
Assessment of Muscle Strength	p. 139
Evaluation and Observation of Deficits in Sensation, Perception, and Cognition	p. 161
Intervention Principles	p. 179
Teaching and Learning in Occupational Therapy	p. 181
Habits of Health and Wellness	p. 193
Occupations, Purposeful Activities, and Preparatory Activities	p. 207
Performance in Areas of Occupation	p. 233
Activities and Occupations of Daily Living	p. 235
Assistive Technology	p. 278
Moving in the Environment	p. 295
Sexuality: An Activity of Daily Living	p. 327
Work	p. 342
Promoting Engagement in Leisure and Social Participation	p. 357
Interventions for Performance Skills and Client Factors	p. 373
The Special Needs of the Older Adult	p. 375
Hand Splinting	p. 392
Sensorimotor Approaches to Treatment	p. 409
Interventions for Deficits in Vision and Other Sensory Functions	p. 436
Treatment of Disturbances in Perception and Cognition	p. 453
Clinical Applications	p. 463
Cerebrovascular Accident	p. 465
Traumatic Brain Injury	p. 487
Degenerative Diseases of the Central Nervous System	p. 510
Spinal Cord Injury	p. 528
Motor Unit Dysfunction	p. 551
Arthritic Diseases	p. 562
Acute Hand Injuries	p. 584
Hip Fractures and Lower Extremity Joint Replacement	p. 614
Burns	p. 628
Amputation and Prosthetics	p. 643
Cardiac Dysfunction and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	p. 664
Oncology	p. 677
HIV Infection and AIDS	p. 688
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