Fundamentals of Hand Therapy

Part One: Fundamentals
1. Fundamentals of Clinical Reasoning: Hand Therapy Concepts and Treatment Techniques and Rationale for Use Cynthia Cooper
2. Upper Extremity Anatomy Sharon Flinn and Peggy Beckley
3. Edema Reduction Techniques: A Biological Rationale for Selection Sandra Artzberger
4. Tissue-Specific Exercises for the Upper Extremity Lori Falkel
5. Evaluation of the Hand and Upper Extremity Linda Klein
6. Assessing Functional Outcomes Rebecca von der Heyde
Part Two: Professionalism
7. Clients with Functional Somatic Syndromes and Clients with Challenging Behavior Joel Moorhead and Cynthia Cooper
8. Fundamentals of Client-Therapist Rapport Teri Britt
9. Therapy Assistants Roles in Hand Therapy Cynthia Cooper
Appendix to Part Two: Some Thoughts on Professionalism Cynthia Cooper
Part Three: Treatment Guidelines for Common Diagnoses of the Upper Extremity
10. Common Shoulder Diagnoses Mike Butler
11. Common Elbow Diagnoses Michael Staino
12. Common Peripheral Nerve Problems Anne Moscony
13. Common Wrist and Hand Fractures Anne Moscony
14. Common Forms of Tendinitis/Tendinosis Cynthia Cooper and Hope Martin
15. Common Finger Sprains and Deformities Cynthia Cooper
16. Tendon Injury Linda Klein
17. Arthritis Jeanine Biese
18. Pain Related Syndromes: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and Fibromyalgia Romina Astifidis
19. Burns Lisa Deshaies
20. Common Infections Cynthia Cooper
21. Ganglion Cysts and Other Common Tumors of the Hand and Wrist Cynthia Cooper
22. Traumatic Hand Injury Involving Multiple Structures Paige Kurtz
23. Preventing and Treating Stiffness Barbara Haines
24. Dupuytren s Disease Cornelia von Lersner-Benson
25. Upper Extremity Problems in Clients with Central Nervous System Dysfunction Michelle Abrams
26. Pediatric Hand Therapy Lynn Bassini and Mukund Patel
27. Geriatric Hand Therapy Cynthia Cooper
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