Succeed in the course and master the concepts and skills you need to be an effective, reflective practitioner with Occupational Therapy for Physical Dysfunction, 7th Edition.

The authors introduce the highly acclaimed, easy-to-understand Occupation Functional Model (OFM) in the first section, setting the stage for subsequent discussions that guide you through the assessment and treatment of adult patients with physical dysfunction from initial evaluation to treatment to follow-up.

Featuring engaging and practical coverage, the Seventh Edition includes the latest research in the field, new activity analysis case examples, new photos, new online videos, and a streamlined organization that includes 45 chapters in the print textbook with three additional chapters posted online.



* NEW! Vibrant new photos help bring content to life.
* NEW! Three new videos have been added to the online resources suite.
* NEW Activity analysis case examples added throughout to connect chapter topics to practice.
* NEW! Content has been updated, revised, and reorganized to reflect the most current framework and teaching trends
* NEW! Expanded discussions of the various theoretical models emphasize the importance of the plurality of OT theoretical models in practice.
* Give your students a theoretical foundation to guide their professional decisions through the OFM framework that is used consistently throughout the book.
* Equip your students with the best evidence for the effectiveness of the interventions discussed in the text with Evidence tables that summarize research studies.
* Prepare your students for professional practice with Assessment tables that highlight the psychometric properties and the strengths and weaknesses of individual assessment methods.
* Help your students understand how chapter topics inform occupational therapy practice with Case Examples that describe both the occupational therapy process and the clinical reasoning behind the interventions.
* Enhance the learning experience with Procedures from Practice, research notes, safety notes, clinical reasoning examples, and review questions.
* Maximize student study time with learning objectives, clinical reasoning questions, and a comprehensive glossary.
* Provide your students with content you can trust—material from Occupational Therapy for Physical Dysfunction was used in developing the national certification exam.
Extend your learning online with a wide range of resources, including compelling videos that bring key concepts to life, answers to the book's Clinical Reasoning questions, and Learning Objectives, as well as access to the fully searchable eBook online.

SECTION I: OCCUPATIONAL FUNCTION: DEFINITION, PROCESS, AND HISTORY
Chapter 1: Conceptual Foundations for Practice
Chapter 2: Historical and Social Contexts for Practice
Chapter 3: Planning, Guiding, and Documenting Practice

SECTION II: ASSESSMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL FUNCTION
Chapter 4: Assessing Roles and Competence
Chapter 5: Assessing Abilities and Capacities: Range of Motion, Strength, and Endurance
Chapter 6: Assessing Abilities and Capacities: Motor Behavior
Chapter 7: Assessing Abilities and Capacities: Sensation
Chapter 8: Assessing Abilities and Capacities: Vision, Visual Perception, and Praxis
Chapter 9: Assessing Abilities and Capacities: Cognition
Chapter 10: Assessing Context: Personal, Social, and Cultural
Chapter 11: Assessing Context: Home, Community, and Workplace Access

SECTION III: THERAPEUTIC MECHANISMS
Chapter 12: Occupation: Philosophy and Concepts
Chapter 13: Occupation as Therapy: Analysis, Selection, Gradation, Adaptation
Chapter 14: Learning
Chapter 15: Therapeutic Rapport

SECTION IV: THERAPEUTIC TECHNOLOGIES
Chapter 16: Upper Extremity Orthoses
Chapter 17: Construction of Hand Splints
Chapter 18: Wheelchair Selection
Chapter 19: High-Technology Adaptations to Compensate for Disability
Chapter 20: Physical Agent Modalities

SECTION V: TREATMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL FUNCTION
Chapter 21: Optimizing Abilities and Capacities: Rangeof Motion, Strength, and Endurance
Chapter 22: Optimizing Motor Behavior Using the Occupational Therapy Task Oriented Approach
Chapter 23: Optimizing Motor Skills Using Task-Related Training
Chapter 24: Optimizing Motor Behavior Using the Bobath Approach
Chapter 25: Optimizing Motor Behavior Using the Brunnstrom Movement Therapy Approach
Chapter 26: Managing Deficit of First-Level Motor Control Capacities Using Rood and Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Techniques
Chapter 27: Optimizing Sensory Abilities and Capacities
Chapter 28: Optimizing Vision, Visual Perception, and Praxis Abilities
Chapter 29: Optimizing Cognitive Abilities
Chapter 30: Restoring the Role of Independent Person
Chapter 31: Restoring Mobility
Chapter 32: Restoring Competence for Homemaker and Parent Roles
Chapter 33: Restoring Competence for the Worker Role
Chapter 34: Restoring Competence in Leisure Pursuits
Chapter 35: Optimizing Personal and Social Adaptation
Chapter 36: Optimizing Access to Home, Community, and Work Environments
Chapter 37: Preventing Occupational Dysfunction Secondary to Aging

SECTION VI: TREATMENT TO PROMOTE OCCUPATIONAL FUNCTION FOR SELECTED DIAGNOSTIC CATEGORIES
Chapter 38: Stroke
Chapter 39: Traumatic Brain Injury
Chapter 40: Neurodegenerative Diseases
Chapter 41: Orthopaedic Conditions
Chapter 42: Hand Impairments
Chapter 43: Spinal Cord Injury
Chapter 44: Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis
Chapter 45: Burn Injuries
Chapter 46: Amputations and Prosthetics
Chapter 47: Cardiac and Pulmonary Diseases
Chapter 48: Dysphagia
Chapter 49: Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Chapter 50: Oncology

Index