Hand Function
A Practical Guide to Assessment
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Beschreibung
This book is a comprehensive, evidence based reference that provides clinicians and researchers with practical guidance for evaluating hand function across a broad spectrum of disorders. Integrating contemporary scientific knowledge with everyday clinical practice, the book emphasizes the assessment of all dimensions of hand function—including impairment, disability, participation, and patient reported outcomes—to support accurate diagnosis, individualized treatment planning, and meaningful evaluation of therapeutic outcomes.
Fully revised and substantially expanded, this third edition reflects the latest advances in hand function assessment and rehabilitation. Beginning with the fundamental principles of functional anatomy, biomechanics, physical examination, and outcome measurement, the book progresses to the evaluation of hand function in inflammatory and degenerative rheumatic diseases, connective tissue diseases, neurological disorders, tendon and peripheral nerve injuries, congenital conditions, burns, malignancies, metabolic diseases, geriatric hand disorders, and other common clinical conditions. New chapters address the perceptual functions of the hand, autoimmune myopathies, common non traumatic hand disorders, and emerging technological innovations.
Recognizing the rapid evolution of rehabilitation science, this edition also explores artificial intelligence, hand motion recognition technologies, virtual reality, assistive devices, robotic hands, and advanced imaging and electromyographic techniques, highlighting their growing role in the objective assessment of hand function. An updated appendix of validated hand function instruments provides an invaluable practical resource for both clinical practice and research.
Written by internationally recognized experts, Hand Function: A Practical Guide to Assessment is an indispensable resource for clinicians and researchers involved in the care of patients with hand disorders, including rheumatologists, physiatrists, plastic and reconstructive surgeons, hand and orthopaedic surgeons, neurologists, occupational and physical therapists, rehabilitation professionals, and trainees seeking a practical, multidisciplinary, and evidence based guide to modern hand function assessment.
Addresses rheumatic patients, stroke patients, traumatic injuries, and pediatric conditions Includes hand indexes for the quantification of functional impairment Discusses the applications of imaging in hand function assessment
Autor*in
Mehmet Tuncay Duruöz
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