Description
**2025 Textbook and Academic Authors Association (TAA) McGuffey Longevity Award Winner****Selected for 2025 Doody's Core Titles® with "Essential Purchase" designation in Occupational Therapy**Gain the knowledge and skills you need to treat clients/patients with physical disabilities! Pedretti's Occupational Therapy: Practice Skills for Physical Dysfunction, 9th Edition uses a case-based approach threaded through each chapter to provide a solid foundation in evaluation, intervention, and clinical reasoning. The text continues to support the entry-level occupational therapist and the experienced occupational therapist focused on expanding skills and knowledge. With the OT practice framework as a guide, you will focus on the core concepts and central goals of client care. And by studying threaded case studies, you will learn to apply theory to clinical practice. Written by a team of expert OT educators and professionals led by Heidi McHugh Pendleton and Winifred Schultz-Krohn, this edition includes an eBook free with each new print purchase, featuring a fully searchable version of the entire text.- UNIQUE! Threaded case studies begin and are woven through each chapter, helping you develop clinical reasoning and decision-making skills and to apply concepts to real-life clinical practice.- UNIQUE! Ethical Considerations boxes examine the obligation to collaborate with clients on their care, using evidence to select treatment options.- UNIQUE! OT Practice Notes convey important tips and insights into professional practice.- Illustrated, evidence-based content provides a foundation for practice, especially relating to evaluation and intervention.- Information on prevention — rather than simply intervention or treatment — shows how OTs can take a proactive role in client care.- Focus on health promotion and wellness addresses the role of the occupational therapist in what the AOTA has identified as a key practice area.- Content on cultural and ethnic diversity is included in every chapter, reflecting occupational therapy's commitment to this important issue.- Key terms, chapter outlines, and chapter objectives highlight the information you can expect to learn from each chapter.
Table of Contents
1. The Occupational Therapy Practice Framework and the Practice of Occupational Therapy for People With Physical Disabilities2. History and Practice Trends in Physical Dysfunction Intervention3. Application of the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework to Physical Dysfunction4. Evidence-Based Practice for Occupational Therapy5. Health Promotion, Well-Being, and Quality of Life for People With Physical Disabilities6. The Lived Experience of Disability: The Intersection of Disability Perspectives and Occupational Justice7. Implementation of Occupational Therapy Services8. Documentation of Occupational Therapy Services9. Infection Control and Safety Issues in the Clinic10. Activities of Daily Living11. Mobility12. Sexuality and Physical Dysfunction13. Sleep and Rest14. Work Evaluation and Work Programs15. Americans With Disabilities Act and Related Laws That Promote Participation in Work, Leisure, and Activities of Daily Living16. Leisure Occupations17. Assistive Technology18. Performance Skills: Definitions and Evaluation in the Context of the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework19. Evaluation of Motor Control20. Occupation-Based Functional Motion Assessment21. Joint Range of Motion22. Evaluation of Muscle Strength23. Evaluation of Sensation and Intervention for Sensory Dysfunction24. Evaluation and Treatment of Visual Deficits After Brain Injury25. Evaluation and Intervention for Perception Dysfunction26. Evaluation and Treatment of Limited Occupational Performance Secondary to Cognitive Dysfunction27. Eating and Swallowing28. Pain Management29. Therapeutic Occupations and Modalities30. Orthotic Fabrication for the Upper Extremity31. Therapeutic Arm Supports and Robotic-Assisted Therapy32. Traditional Sensorimotor Approaches to Intervention33. Motor Learning34. Cerebrovascular Accident (Stroke)35. Traumatic Brain Injury36. Degenerative Diseases of the Central Nervous System37. Spinal Cord Injury38. Disorders of the Motor Unit39. Arthritis40. Hand and Upper Extremity Injuries41. Orthopedic Conditions: Hip Fractures and Hip, Knee, and Shoulder Replacements42. Low Back Pain43. Burns and Burn Rehabilitation44. Amputations and Prosthetics45. Cardiac and Pulmonary Disease46. Cancer and Oncology Rehabilitation47. Meeting the Needs of the Older Adult48. HIV Infection and AIDS49. Polytrauma and Occupational Therapy50. Occupational Therapy in Hospice and Palliative Care51. Therapeutic Use of Self: Embodying Mindfulness in Occupational Therapy52. Integrating Telehealth Services Into Occupational Therapy Practice53. Lifestyle Redesign®, Other Lifestyle Interventions, and Self-Management
