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Hand and Upper Extremity Splinting

Principles and Methods

  • 3rd Edition - August 25, 2004
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Elaine Ewing Fess, Karan Gettle, Cynthia A. Philips, J. Robin Janson
  • Language: English

This expanded edition offers updated information and the addition of 100 new photos and line drawings. Anexpanded alphabetical index of 800 splints provides a photographic key to… Read more

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Description

This expanded edition offers updated information and the addition of 100 new photos and line drawings. Anexpanded alphabetical index of 800 splints provides a photographic key to all splints mentioned in the book. Updated information includes the basic concepts and principles of splint design and the importance of communication for creating effective splinting techniques. New information includes history of hand splinting, splints acting on the elbow and shoulder, and splinting paediatric patients, workers, musicians, athletes and spastic patients.

Key features

  • Addition of 100 high-quality new photos and linedrawings make the book even more interesting, more visual and easier to follow.
  • All chapters have been updated/revised to reflect changes in the field over the past several years.
  • Editors and contributors are well known and respected in their fields.
  • Fiveappendices provide the reader with quick access to key information.

    Readership

    Occupational therapists, hand therapists, physical therapists specialising in the hand, orthopaedic surgeons, hand surgeons, plastic surgeons.

    Product details

    • Edition: 3
    • Latest edition
    • Published: August 25, 2004
    • Language: English

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