Introduction to Orthotics 5th/2019

<p style="margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Develop the critical thinking skills you need to choose and fit effective orthoses for patients with hand injuries and functional deficits. As a combination workbook/textbook,&nbsp;Introduction to Orthotics, 5th Edition&nbsp;uses reader friendly language to cover the theory, design, and fabrication of orthopedic devices. Ideal for use in the classroom or in the clinical setting, it emphasizes upper extremity versus hand orthoses, with additional coverage of lower extremity orthotics and upper extremity prosthetics, and offers case studies promoting clinical reasoning and problem solving as well as an occupation-based approach. This new edition also demonstrates the fine detail of orthotics and equips you with a repertoire of skills and knowledge related to orthoses.</p><ul style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 20px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Updated content, references, grading forms and self-evaluation, and case studies&nbsp;provide students and practitioners with the most current and up-to-date information they need to prepare to serve their clients’ needs<i>.</i></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Combined textbook/workbook format&nbsp;makes it easier to develop fundamental skills in the theory, design, and fabrication of orthoses</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Numerous case studies&nbsp;in each chapter show how concepts relate to real-life clinical practice.</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><i>How-To</i>&nbsp;videos on the&nbsp;Evolve companion website&nbsp;let students watch the construction of orthotics again and again to increase their proficiency.</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Integration&nbsp;of patient safety&nbsp;addresses this important aspect of patient care.</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Spiral binding&nbsp;lets the book lay flat when opened for convenient use while on the job.</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Self-evaluation forms&nbsp;allow you to analyze personal strengths and weaknesses related to new orthotic intervention techniques.</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Review questions and self-quizzes<i>&nbsp;</i>reinforce your comprehension of the material.</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Laboratory exercises<i>&nbsp;</i>test your clinical reasoning and technical skills.</li></ul><ul style="margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 20px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">NEW! chapter covering&nbsp;<i>Casting</i>&nbsp;techniques&nbsp;provides guidance regarding current advances.</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">NEW!&nbsp;Chapter for&nbsp;Professional Issues Related to Orthotic Provision.</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">NEW! Elbow, Forearm, and Shoulder Immobilization Orthoses&nbsp;expands the content that previously only addressed elbow and forearm orthoses to include shoulder immobilization orthoses.</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">NEW! Photos and illustrations for pre-fabrication, fitting, and fabrication techniques&nbsp;appear throughout the text.</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">NEW!&nbsp;Evidence-based practice charts</li></ul>