Pedretti's Occupational Therapy 6/e

Pedretti’s Occupational Therapy Skills for Physical Dysfunction gives a comprehensive, in-depth overview of
occupational therapy history and theory, the occupational therapy process and practice, evaluation and intervention in
the occupational performance areas, performance skills and client factors, implementation of intervention, and
intervention applications. The text focuses on occupation-based practice in the context of working with physical
disabilities, and takes a client-centered approach. New chapters and expert contributors bring a fresh approach to the
text. New content on motor control and learning, prevention, and cultural diversity is integrated throughout.


Features

-Information on motor control and learning, and prevention
-Cultural diversity/sensitivity
-Evidence-based content
-Case examples
-Client-centered perspective
-OT practice framework


What's New

-Threaded Case Study boxes
-lOccupational Therapy Practice Notes boxes
-Ethical Considerations boxes
-Glossary
-New chapters include:
-Occupational Therapy Practice Framework and the World Health Organization’s International Classification of
Functioning, Disability, and Health -Instructional Methods in Occupational Therapy Performance Skills: Definitions and
Evaluation in the Context of the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework
-Motor Relearning
-Completely revised chapters include:
-Health Promotion and Wellness for People with Physical Disabilities
-Documentation of Occupational Therapy Services
-Leisure Occupations
-Evaluation of Sensation and Intervention for Sensory Dysfunction
-Personal and Social Contexts of Disability: Implications for Occupational Therapists




Part I: Overview: Occupational Therapy Foundations for Physical
Dysfunction
1. Occupational Therapy Practice Framework and the World Health Organization’s International Classification of
Functioning, Disability, and Health
2. History and Practice Trends in the Treatment of Physical Dysfunction
Part II: Occupational Therapy Process and Practice
3. Application of the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework to Physical Dysfunction
4. Systematic OT Practice: A Model of Evidence-Based Practice for OT
5. Health Promotion and Wellness for People with Physical Disabilities
6. Personal and Social Contexts of Disability: Implications for Occupational Therapists
7. Instructional Methods in Occupational Therapy
8. Documentation of Occupational Therapy Services
9. Infection Control and Safety Issues in the Clinic
Part III: Occupational Performance and the Performance Areas: Evaluation and Intervention
10. Activities of Daily Living
11. Mobility
Section I: Functional Ambulation
Section II: Wheelchairs
Section III: Community Mobility
12. Sexuality and Physical Dysfunction
13. Work Evaluation and Work Programs
14. Americans with Disabilities Act and Related Laws that Promote Participation in Work, Leisure, and Activities of
Daily Living
15. Leisure Occupations
16. Assistive Technology
Part IV: Performance Skills and Client Factors: Evaluation and Intervention
17. Performance Skills: Definitions and Evaluation in the Context of the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework
18. Evaluation of Motor Control
19. Occupation-Based Functional Motion Assessment
20. Evaluation of Joint Range of Motion
21. Evaluation of Muscle Strength
22. Evaluation of Sensation and Intervention for Sensory Dysfunction
23. Evaluation and Treatment of Visual Deficits Following Brain Injury
24. Evaluation and Intervention of Perceptual Dysfunction
25. Evaluation and Intervention of Cognitive Dysfunction
26. Eating and Swallowing
27. Evaluation and Pain Management
Part V: The Occupational Therapy Process: Implementation of Intervention
28. Therapeutic Occupations and Modalities
29. Orthotics
Section I: Hand Splinting Section II: Mobile Arm Supports and Suspension Slings
30. Traditional Sensorimotor Approaches to Interv