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 Glossary