Hand Rehabilitation: A Practical Guide.Clark GL, Shaw-Wilgis EF, Aiello B, et al, eds. New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY 10011, Churchill Livingstone Imprint of a medical publishing company owned by Elsevier Ltd, but previously owned by Harcourt and Pearsons. Originally formed from Livingstone, Edinburgh, Scotland, and J & A Churchill, London, UK, and subsequently with an office in New York, but now integrated with the rest of Inc, 1993, paperback, 341 pp, illus, $49.95. In the preface, the editors state that they do not want their text to be viewed as a "cookbook (programming) cookbook - (From amateur electronics and radio) A book of small code segments that the reader can use to do various magic things in programs. One current example is the "PostScript Language Tutorial and Cookbook" by Adobe Systems, Inc (Addison-Wesley, ISBN ," but would rather it serve as a guideline and a resource of information to hand therapists, hand fellows, and surgeons. Using their more than 20 years of experience at the Raymond M Curtis Hand Center, the editors have succeeded in synthesizing vast amounts of information pertaining per·tain intr.v. per·tained, per·tain·ing, per·tains 1. To have reference; relate: evidence that pertains to the accident. 2. to the delivery of high-quality care to patients with hand and upper-extremity disorders. From the table of contents, one immediately appreciates the comprehensive nature of this book with topics ranging from the care of distal finger wounds to proximal upper-quarter pathologies. All 43 chapters segue well and are organized similarly with a short introduction, a list of treatment purposes and goals, and an outline of indications and techniques for nonoperative and postoperative post·op·er·a·tive adj. Happening or done after a surgical operation. postoperative after a surgical operation. postoperative care therapy. Each chapter includes a description of potential complications and a checklist of evaluative outcome measures. The reference and suggested reading lists include some of the definitive studies in the area of the upper extremity upper extremity n. The shoulder, arm, forearm, wrist, or hand. Also called superior limb, thoracic limb. , but they are not exhaustive. The most distinctive feature about this text is the arrangement of its content. If you expect pages of heavily referenced material on each topic, you will surely be disappointed. Instead, each chapter is concise and reads more like a thorough, well-organized lecture outline supplemented by simple, yet effective, illustrations and photographs. This approach serves the adjunctive purpose of this text well. it is best suited as a clinical resource manual to be used in conjunction with peer-reviewed research studies and clinical experience. This text would certainly be a welcome addition to a hand and upper-extremity clinical setting. It would also serve as a valuable teaching tool for physical therapists and physical therapist assistants wishing to enter the specialized arena of hand and upper-extremity rehabilitation rehabilitation: see physical therapy. . |
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