Psychoprosthetics / Pamela Gallagher, Deirdre Desmond, Malcolm MacLachlan, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gallagher, Pamela.

Desmond, Deirdre.

MacLachlan, Malcolm.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prosthesis--Psychological aspects.

Prosthesis.

Prostheses and Implants--psychology.

Rehabilitation--psychology.

Psychological aspects.

Medical Subjects:

Prostheses and Implants--psychology.

Rehabilitation--psychology.

Physical Description:

xi, 164 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Springer, [2008]

Summary:

Psychoprosthetics is the study of the psychological aspects of prosthetic use and of rehabilitative processes in those conditions that require the use of prosthetic devices. For people with limb loss, the fitting of a prosthesis can give rise to a variety of issues from functional rehabilitation to quality of life, wellbeing, participation in society and cosmetic satisfaction. As prosthetic technology continues to become more sophisticated and advanced, there is an onus on those who work with prosthetic users, to be aware of the impact of prosthetics on the ways in which people understand and construct their realities and their attempts to cope with and relate to them. However, despite the broad and increasing interest in psychosocial aspects of prosthetic use and rehabilitation, to date there has not been a complete volume on the topic-this book now addresses that need.

Psychoprosthetics brings together the most recent and exciting research and knowledge in this new field into one easily accessible volume. It contributes to a better understanding of the complex human dynamics involved in prosthetic use and provides an analysis of the practice, research and theory in the field of psychoprosthetics.

Written by some of the leading experts to the field, this informative and cutting-edge text will be of relevance to students, practitioners and researchers from a wide range of disciplines, including prosthetics and orthotics, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, rehabilitation medicine, engineering, nursing and psychology.

Contents:

1 Psychoprosthetics: An Introduction / Pamela Gallagher, Deirdre Desmond, Malcolm MacLachlan 1

2 Coping and Psychosocial Adjustment to Amputation / Deirdre Desmond, Pamela Gallagher 11

3 Limb Loss and Body Image / Bruce Rybarczyk, Jay Behel 23

4 Management of Chronic Pain After Limb Loss / Dawn M. Ehde, Stephen T. Wegener 33

5 Cognition and Mobility Rehabilitation Following Lower Limb Amputation / Brian O'Neill 53

6 Psychological Adjustment to Lower Limb Amputation: An Evaluation of Outcome Measurement Tools / Dalton L. Wolfe, Jackie S. Hebert, William C. Miller, A. Barry Deathe, Michael Devlin, Luljeta Pallaveshi 67

7 Interventions for Psychological Issues in Amputation: A Team Approach / Stephen T. Wegener, Susan E. Hofkamp, Dawn M. Ehde 91

8 Anthropology and Its Individual, Social, and Cultural Contributions to Psychoprosthetics / Seth D. Messinger 107

9 Embodiment and Prosthetics / Craig D. Murray 119

10 Osseoperception and Osseointegrated Prosthetic Limbs / Kerstin Hagberg, Eva Haggstrom, Stewe Jonsson, Bjorn Rydevik, Rickard Branemark 131

11 Virtual and Augmented Reality, Phantom Experience, and Prosthetics / Jonathan Cole 141

12 Psychological Fit of a Prosthetic Arm: An Illustrative Case Study Using Repertory Grid Analysis with a User of a High-Tech Upper Limb Prosthesis / Sinead Ni Mhurchadha, Elisabeth Schaffalitzky, Pamela Gallagher, Malcolm MacLachlan 155.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781846289798

1846289793

9781846289804

1846289807

OCLC:

166358021

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