Prosthetics and orthotics : lower limb and spinal /
Ron Seymour.
- xiv, 485 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Copy version.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction to prosthetics and orthotics -- Examination of the patient with an amputation and the patient requiring an orthosis -- The team approach and financial issues -- Psychosocial issues of patients with prostheses and orthoses -- Biomechanical implications of prosthetics and orthotics / Susan D. Miller -- Clinical use of dressings and bandages -- Development of and exercise/functional program -- Transtibial components--clinical decision making -- Transfemoral components--clinical decision making -- The patient with a bilateral amputation--clinical decision making -- The patient with a transpelvic/hip disarticulation amputation--clinical decision making -- Pediatric patients with lower-extremity amputations--clinical decision making / Mary Evans -- Sports implications for the individual with a lower-extremity prosthesis / Kendra Miller -- Examination of foot biomechanics in relation to sporting injuries and foot orthotic intervention / Gabriel Yankowitz -- Orthoses for orthopedic conditions / Carol Gambell -- Orthoses for patients with neurologic disorders--clinical decision making / Karen Kott -- Orthoses for spinal conditions--clinical decision making.