Occupational Therapy in Orthopaedics and Trauma (eBook)

Madeleine Mooney is Senior Occupational Therapist at the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust in Liverpool, UK. She is past Chair of the College of Occupational Therapists Specialist Section: Trauma and Orthopaedics (1999 - 2004). Claire Ireson is Learning Environment Lead for Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, UK. She is former Head of Occupational Therapy Services at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre NHS Trust, Oxford and past Chair of the College of Occupational Therapists Specialist Section: Trauma and Orthopaedics (2004 - 2008).

Occupational Therapy in Orthopaedics and Trauma 1
Contents 5
Contributors 7
Foreword 9
Preface 10
Acknowledgements 13
Part I: Orthopaedics 15
Chapter 1: Principles of orthopaedic surgery 17
Chapter 2: Orthopaedic surgery for the lower limb 34
Chapter 3: Occupational therapy following elective lower limb surgery 43
Chapter 4: Orthopaedic surgery for the upper limb 61
Chapter 5: Occupational therapy following elective upper limb surgery 86
Chapter 6: Spinal conditions: management and occupational therapy 106
Chapter 7: Paediatric orthopaedic surgery 124
Chapter 8: Occupational therapy for children and young people with orthopaedic conditions 142
Part II: Trauma 165
Chapter 9: Principles of fracture management 167
Chapter 10: Occupational therapy within orthopaedic trauma 195
Chapter 11: Pelvic and a cetabular fractures: management and occupational therapy 209
Chapter 12: Hand injuries 225
Chapter 13: Occupational therapy for hand injuries 248
Chapter 14: Brachial plexus injury 264
Chapter 15: Traumatic amputation: management and occupational therapy 269
Appendix 293
Index 299

"15 chapters that cover the treatment and management of musculoskeletal trauma and orthopedic conditions encountered in everyday practice." (Book News, December 2009)