Christine M. Wietlisbach is a Hand Therapist, Eisenhower Health, Palm Springs and Rancho Mirage, CA; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy Program, West Coast University, Los Angeles, CA; Lecturer and Clinical Faculty, Occupational Therapy Program, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy Program, Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions, Provo, UT.
Part One: Fundamentals
1. Fundamentals: Hand Therapy Concepts and Treatment Techniques
2. Evidence-Based Practice: The Basic Tools
3. Functional Anatomy
4. Evaluation of the Hand and Upper Extremity
5. Assessment of Functional Outcomes
6. Hand Coordination
7. Orthoses: Essential Concepts
8. Fundamentals of Edema Management
9. Physical Agent Modalities in the Hand Clinic
10. Tissue-Specific Exercises for the Upper Extremity
11. Clinical Reasoning and Problem-Solving in Upper Extremity
Rehabilitation
12. Fundamentals of Client-Therapist Rapport
13. Facilitating Adherence to the Plan of Care
14. Narratives in Hand Therapy
15. Utilization of Therapy Assistants in Hand Therapy
16. Some Thoughts on Professionalism
Part Two: Clinical Reasoning and Treatment Guidelines for Common Diagnoses
of the Upper Extremity
17. Wounds
18. Common Shoulder Diagnoses
19. Elbow Diagnoses
20. Peripheral Nerve Problems
21. Wrist Fractures
22. Wrist Instabilities
23. Hand Fractures
24. Elbow, Wrist, and Hand Tendinopathies
25. Finger Sprains and Deformities
26. Flexor Tendon Injury
27. Extensor Tendon Injury
28. Tendon and Nerve Transfers
29. Arthritis
30. Burns
31. Infections
32. Dupuytren Contracture
33. Ganglions and Tumors of the Hand and Wrist
34. Traumatic Hand Injury Involving Multiple Structures
35. The Stiff Hand
36. The Neurologic Hand
37. Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and Pain
38. Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy
39. Functional Somatic Syndromes or Challenging Behavior
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