CRITICAL POINTS ▪ Observation, visual inspection, and palpation provide information regarding the patient’s general health status and present condition. ▪ Therapists and surgeons need to obtain a thorough patient history…
In 1833, Sir Charles Bell wrote: “On the length, strength, free lateral motion, and perfect mobility of the thumb, depends the power of the human hand.” With such a significant…
CRITICAL POINTS ▪ Wound healing occurs in three stages and is characterized by changes in cellularity as different cell types migrate into and out of the wound bed. ▪ Recent…
* I would like to express my gratitude to the following people who contributed their time and material for this chapter: Janine Hareau, PhD, PT, OT, from Clinica de Rehabilitacion…
CRITICAL POINTS ▪ The definition of what constitutes impairment is an evolving process, with the most recent attempt ( AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment , 6th edition,…
CRITICAL POINTS ▪ Nerve conduction studies (NCS) and electromyography (EMG) provide objective, localizing, prognostically important data about clinically suspected lesions. ▪ NCS and EMG also provide peripheral nerve system context…
CRITICAL POINTS ▪ Outcome measures need to be both reliable and valid. ▪ Therapists should perform outcome evaluation using procedures that incorporate currently accepted standardized methods both in the clinical…
CRITICAL POINTS ▪ A functional and stable elbow allows for the complex motions of flexion and extension and pronation–supination necessary for daily life. ▪ The functional range of motion of…
CRITICAL POINTS Valgus Instability ▪ Valgus instability is due to attenuation or rupture of the anterior bundle of the medial collateral ligament. ▪ Symptomatic medial collateral ligament injury is almost…
CRITICAL POINTS ▪ The hand can assume almost countless positions and postures that allow it to perform numerous functions and manipulations. ▪ The muscles of the hand permit it to…
