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Pediatric Hand Deformities in Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy : Manual Treatment and Splint Therapy / by Maren Schelly, Anna-Lena Dunse.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schelly, Maren.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Occupational therapy.
- Physical therapy.
- Children--Surgery.
- Children.
- Pediatrics.
- Nursing.
- Occupational Therapy.
- Physiotherapy.
- Pediatric Surgery.
- Local Subjects:
- Occupational Therapy.
- Physiotherapy.
- Pediatric Surgery.
- Pediatrics.
- Nursing.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (179 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2024.
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2024.
- Summary:
- This practical book provides the essential basics for the treatment of childhood hand malformations in occupational therapy and physiotherapy. How is the function of the malformed hand assessed? When should intensive manual treatment and splint therapy begin for congenital flexion contractures? When should manual therapy be started after a pollicization? The experts provide you with the answers! From the contents: Anatomical and motor development of the hand Hand malformations, including radial longitudinal reduction defect, camptodactyly and arthrogryposis Scar treatment Provision of aids Plus: Extra chapter on tips, tricks and further information Help your youngest and smallest patients achieve greater independence and quality of life! The authors: Maren Schelly is a registered pediatric nurse. She works in the malformation clinic for pediatric hand surgery, burns and facial surgery. She gives lectures at national and international hand surgery and hand therapy congresses. Anna-Lena Dunse is an occupational therapist and certified hand therapist. She works at the Wilhelmstift Children's Hospital in the Department of Hand Surgery with a focus on malformation surgery. Her focus is on the treatment of children and adolescents before and after surgical procedures. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content.
- Contents:
- 1 Development of the hand
- 2 Longitudinal reduction defect of the radius
- 3 Thumb hypoplasia and thumb aplasia
- 4 Camptodactylia and multiple finger flexion contractures
- 5 Arthrogryposis
- 6 The scar
- 7 Treatment of aids
- 8 Materials, types of fabrication, tips, tricks, addresses.
- ISBN:
- 9783662687154
- 3662687151
- OCLC:
- 1436832900
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