Tendon Transfers: An Overview
The goal of a tendon transfer is to restore to the extremity a needed motor function that has been lost secondary to paralysis from nerve injury or disease or by…
Appendix: The American Society of Shoulder and Elbow Therapists’ Consensus Rehabilitation Guidelines for Arthroscopic Anterior Capsulolabral Repair of the Shoulder
Phase I (POW 1 to ∼ POW 6) Goals: • Maximally protect the surgical repair (capsule, ligaments, labrum, sutures) • Achieve staged ROM goals. DO NOT exceed them. • Patient…
Documentation: Essential Elements of an Upper Extremity Assessment Battery
* The author receives no compensation in any form from products discussed in this chapter. “I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about and express…
Sensibility Testing with the Semmes-Weinstein Monofilaments
* I gratefully acknowledge Bill Buford, Bioengineer formerly at the Paul W. Brand Research Laboratory, Gillis W. Long Hansen’s Disease Center, Carville, Louisiana, for his help in reviewing the monofilament…
Atlas on Regional Anatomy of the Neck, Axilla, and Upper Extremity
* Reproduced from Healey JE Jr, Hodge J: Surgical anatomy, ed 2, Philadelphia, 1990, BC Decker. The anatomic text and illustrations in this chapter have been carefully chosen to support…
Desensitization of the traumatized hand
The patient with hypersensitivity occurring after hand trauma presents the physician and the therapist with a unique challenge, both in evaluation and in treatment of the problem. The lack of…
Arthrodesis of the Hallux Metatarsophalangeal and Interphalangeal Joints
Abstract Arthrodesis of the hallux metatarsophalangeal (MP) joint is indicated for correction of deformity, to treat arthritis, and to address neuromuscular imbalance of the MP joint (with or without deformity)….
Total Ankle Replacement
Abstract Selection of the treatment approach for ankle arthritis should not be the surgeon’s decision alone. Many patients recognize the potential problems with ankle arthrodesis, the inherent stiffness, the limitation…
Triple Arthrodesis
Abstract In a triple arthrodesis , the subtalar, talonavicular (TN), and calcaneocuboid (CC) joints are included in the surgical fusion. A trend emerging over the past few years has been…
Tibiotalocalcaneal and Pantalar Arthrodesis
Abstract Whenever possible, it is preferable to perform a tibiotalocalcaneal (TTC) arthrodesis instead of a pantalar arthrodesis. Including the transverse tarsal joint in the arthrodesis, which results in far more…
