This book provides physical therapy students, physical therapists, and other allied health clinicians with foundational knowledge in prosthetic and orthotic (P&O) topics. It includes an overview of the history of amputation, and artificial limb, prosthetic, and orthotic concepts, and a review of professional and educational concepts.
This book provides physical therapy students, physical therapists, and other allied health clinicians with foundational knowledge in prosthetic and orthotic (P&O) topics. It includes an overview of the history of amputation, and artificial limb, prosthetic, and orthotic concepts, and a review of professional and educational concepts.
M. Jason Highsmith is a dual licensed physical therapist and prosthetist. He is also a medical scientist with a concentration in clinical trials and patient-oriented translational research. He served in a few positions with the US Department of Veterans Affairs including service as a research physical therapist, the Deputy Chief of Research for the congressionally mandated dual agency VA-DoD Extremity Trauma & Amputation Center of Excellence (EACE) and he currently serves as National Director of the Orthotic, Prosthetic & Pedorthic Clinical Services Program Office.
Inhaltsangabe
Section I: PROSTHETICS 1 History of Prosthetics and Orthotics 2 An Overview of Orthotic and Prosthetic Education and Training for the Physical Therapist 3 Epidemiology of Amputation 4 Amputation Surgery 5 Lower Extremity Prosthetic Componentry 6 Physical Examination and Outcome Measurement of the Patient with Lower Extremity Amputation 7 Lower Extremity Amputee Gait 8 Physical Therapy for the Patient with Amputation 9 Dermatoses in Patients who use Prostheses and Orthoses 10 Upper Extremity Prosthetic Rehabilitation 11 Psychosocial Aspects of Amputation Section II: ORTHOTICS 12 Overview of Pathologies for which Orthoses are Commonly Recommended 13 Lower Limb Orthotic Management: Orthoses Below the Knee 14 Lower Limb Orthotic Management: Orthoses Above the Knee 15 Spinal Orthotics 16 Orthotic Management of Cranial Deformities and Associated Comorbidities 17 Orthoses for the Upper Extremity Appendix: Basic Lower Extremity Prosthetic Checkout
Section I: PROSTHETICS 1 History of Prosthetics and Orthotics 2 An Overview of Orthotic and Prosthetic Education and Training for the Physical Therapist 3 Epidemiology of Amputation 4 Amputation Surgery 5 Lower Extremity Prosthetic Componentry 6 Physical Examination and Outcome Measurement of the Patient with Lower Extremity Amputation 7 Lower Extremity Amputee Gait 8 Physical Therapy for the Patient with Amputation 9 Dermatoses in Patients who use Prostheses and Orthoses 10 Upper Extremity Prosthetic Rehabilitation 11 Psychosocial Aspects of Amputation Section II: ORTHOTICS 12 Overview of Pathologies for which Orthoses are Commonly Recommended 13 Lower Limb Orthotic Management: Orthoses Below the Knee 14 Lower Limb Orthotic Management: Orthoses Above the Knee 15 Spinal Orthotics 16 Orthotic Management of Cranial Deformities and Associated Comorbidities 17 Orthoses for the Upper Extremity Appendix: Basic Lower Extremity Prosthetic Checkout
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