Pedretti's Occupational Therapy (Paperback)

Pedretti?s Occupational Therapy Skills for Physical Dysfunction gives a comprehensive, in-depth overview of occupational therapy history and theory, the occupational therapy process and practice, evaluation and intervention in the occupational performance areas, performance skills and client factors, implementation of intervention, and intervention applications. The text focuses on occupation-based practice in the context of working with physical disabilities, and takes a client-centered approach. New chapters and expert contributors bring a fresh approach to the text. New content on motor control and learning, prevention, and cultural diversity is integrated throughout.

Key Features
* Information on motor control and learning, and prevention Cultural diversity/sensitivity
* Evidence-based content
* Case examples
* Client-centered perspective
* OT practice framework

New to this Edition
* Threaded Case Study boxes
* lOccupational Therapy Practice Notes boxes
* Ethical Considerations boxes
* Glossary
* New chapters include:
* Occupational Therapy Practice Framework and the World Health Organization?s International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health
* Instructional Methods in Occupational Therapy
* Performance Skills: Definitions and Evaluation in the Context of the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework
* Motor Relearning
* Completely revised chapters include:
* Health Promotion and Wellness for People with Physical Disabilities
* Documentation of Occupational Therapy Services
* Leisure Occupations
* Evaluation of Sensation and Intervention for Sensory Dysfunction
* Personal and Social Contexts of Disability: Implications for Occupational Therapists

Table of Contents
Part I: Overview: Occupational Therapy Foundations for Physical Dysfunction
1. Occupational Therapy Practice Framework and the World Health Organization?s International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health
2. History and Practice Trends in the Treatment of Physical Dysfunction

Part II: Occupational Therapy Process and Practice
3. Application of the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework to Physical Dysfunction
4. Systematic OT Practice: A Model of Evidence-Based Practice for OT
5. Health Promotion and Wellness for People with Physical Disabilities
6. Personal and Social Contexts of Disability: Implications for Occupational Therapists
7. Instructional Methods in Occupational Therapy
8. Documentation of Occupational Therapy Services
9. Infection Control and Safety Issues in the Clinic

Part III: Occupational Performance and the Performance Areas: Evaluation and Intervention
10. Activities of Daily Living
11. Mobility
12. Sexuality and Physical Dysfunction
13. Work Evaluation and Work Programs
14. Americans with Disabilities Act and Related Laws that Promote Participation in Work, Leisure, and Activities of Daily Living
15. Leisure Occupations
16. Assistive Technology

Part IV: Performance Skills and Client Factors: Evaluation and Intervention
17. Performance Skills: Definitions and Evaluation in the Context of the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework
18. Evaluation of Motor Control
19. Occupation-Based Functional Motion Assessment
20. Evaluation of Joint Range of Motion
21. Evaluation of Muscle Strength
22. Evaluation of Sensation and Intervention for Sensory Dysfunction
23. Evaluation and Treatment of Visual Deficits Following Brain Injury
24. Evaluation and Intervention of Perceptual Dysfunction
25. Evaluation and Intervention of Cognitive Dysfunction
26. Eating and Swallowing
27. Evaluation and Pain Management

Part V: The Occupational Therapy Process: Implementation of Intervention
28. Therapeutic Occupations and Modalities
29. Orthotics
30. Traditional Sensorimotor Approaches to Intervention Overview
31. Neurodevelopmental Treatment of Adult Hemiplegia
32. Motor Relearning

Part VI: Intervention Applications
33. Cerebral Vascular Accident/Stroke
34. Traumatic Brain Injury
35. Degenerative Diseases of the Central Nervous System
36. Spinal Cord Injury
37. Neurogenic and Myopathic Dysfunction
38. Arthritis
39. Hand and Upper Extremity Injuries
40. Hip Fractures and Lower Extremity Joint Replacement
41. Low Back Pain
42. Burns and Burn Rehabilitation
43. Amputations and Prosthetics
44. Cardiac and Pulmonary Diseases
45. Oncology
46. Special Needs of the Older Adult
47. HIV Infection and AIDS