Hand Function: A Practical Guide to Assessment - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3030170020 ISBN 13: 9783030170028

Verlag: Springer, 2020

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This practical guide aids clinicians in distinguishing the different dimensions of hand function such as impairment, disability, and handicap. New and updated chapters discuss cerebral palsy, sports injuries, robotics, and assistive technologies. Extensively revised, the book provides a broad overview of the basic principles and examination of hand function. It describes how to evaluate hand function in specific afflicted populations, including the rheumatoid patient, the stroke patient, the trauma patient, the geriatric patient, and the pediatric patient as well as special populations such as diabetes mellitus patients and musicians. It also includes an appendix of hand function scales essential to the assessment of disability. The Second Edition of Hand Function is an ideal resource for all rheumatologists, physiatrists, hand surgeons, orthopedists, occupational therapists, and physical therapists caring for patients with impaired hand function.

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Mehmet Tuncay Duruöz
Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Head of Rheumatology Division
Marmara University Medical School
Istanbul, Turkey

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This practical guide aids clinicians in distinguishing the different dimensions of hand function such as impairment, disability, and handicap. New and updated chapters discuss cerebral palsy, sports injuries, robotics, and assistive technologies. Extensively revised, the book provides a broad overview of the basic principles and examination of hand function. It describes how to evaluate hand function in specific afflicted populations, including the rheumatoid patient, the stroke patient, the trauma patient, the geriatric patient, and the pediatric patient as well as special populations such as diabetes mellitus patients and musicians. It also includes an appendix of hand function scales essential to the assessment of disability. The Second Edition of Hand Function is an ideal resource for all rheumatologists, physiatrists, hand surgeons, orthopedists, occupational therapists, and physical therapists caring for patients with impaired hand function.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Springer
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 3030170020
• ISBN 13: 9783030170028
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 372
• Herausgeber: Duruöz Mehmet Tuncay
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