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PROSTHETIC RESTORATION AND REHABILITATION OF THE UPPER AND LOWER EXTREMITY IS A WELL-ILLUSTRATED, STATE-OF-THE-ART REFERENCE ON THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF POST-AMPUTATION CARE, PROSTHETIC RESTORATION, AND FUNCTIONAL REHABILITATION, DESIGNED TO MAXIMIZE PATIENT INDEPENDENCE AND QUALITY OF LIFE. CHAPTERS ARE WRITTEN BY PHYSIATRISTS, PROSTHETISTS, SURGEONS, AND THERAPISTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, CLINICIANS AND TEACHERS WHO WORK WITH AMPUTEES ON A DAILY BASIS. CLINICALLY ORIENTED, IT COVERS BOTH LOWER AND UPPER EXTREMITY RESTORATION AND REHABILITATION AND SERVES AS A HANDY REFERENCE FOR BUSY PRACTITIONERS TO SUPPORT SOUND CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING.

BEGINNING WITH BASIC ANATOMY, KINESIOLOGY, AND A RECAP OF SURGICAL DECISIONS PRINCIPLES AND POST-OPERATIVE CARE FOR AMPUTEES, THE BOOK DISCUSSES BIOMECHANICS, CLINICAL ASSESSMENT, PROSTHETIC OPTIONS, HOW TO WRITE A COMPLETE AND DETAILED PRESCRIPTION FOR THE PROSTHESIS, RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT OF SPECIFIC PROBLEMS BY REGION, AND REHABILITATION PROGRAMS AND STRATEGIES. COMMON MEDICAL ISSUES SUCH AS PHANTOM LIMB SENSATION AND PAIN, SKIN PROBLEMS, AND SEXUAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS ARE DISCUSSED AS WELL. IN-DEPTH COVERAGE OF PROSTHETIC RESTORATION IS PROVIDED FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS SUCH AS INFANTS, CHILDREN, THE ELDERLY, ATHLETES MULTI-EXTREMITY AMPUTEES, AND THOSE WHO HAVE LOST LIMBS TO CANCER. CHAPTERS ARE WRITTEN IN EXPANDED OUTLINE FORMAT FOR EASE OF USE AND FEATURE NUMEROUS FULL-COLOR DIAGRAMS, PHOTOS, AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS. THIS TEXT WILL GUIDE PHYSICIANS, TRAINEES, AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CARE TEAM THROUGH THE FUNDAMENTALS OF RESTORING FUNCTION TO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE LOST LIMBS OR BODY PARTS.

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