1st Edition
Prosthetics and Orthotics for Physical Therapists
Prosthetics and Orthotics for Physical Therapists provides physical therapy students, physical therapists, and other allied health clinicians with foundational knowledge in prosthetic and orthotic (P&O) topics. The text and its resources are efficient, impactful, and affordable, including an overview of the history of amputation, and artificial limb, prosthetic, and orthotic concepts, followed by a review of professional and educational concepts related to P&O.
Prosthetics and Orthotics for Physical Therapists is divided into two sections: first, Prosthetics and second, Orthotics. The Prosthetics section includes chapters on amputation epidemiology, related surgical concepts, componentry, gait, therapy, outcomes, and dermatologic considerations, as well as lower and upper extremity amputation principles and concepts. In the Orthotics section, there is an overview of pathology, and chapters on orthotic principles primarily by body region including below and above the knee, spinal and chest, and cranial and upper extremity.
Key features and benefits of the book include the concise but clinically focused topics which are supported by evidence when available, and the covering of historic concepts through to the latest topics such as osseointegration and microprocessor-controlled devices. The organization by prosthetic and orthotic divisions, the anatomic and regional body section divisions, and the special topics (i.e., history, epidemiology, education, and others) allows discrete compartmentalization of vast content.
This cutting-edge new textbook is ideal for entry level clinicians in training such as physical therapists, occupational therapists, physicians, prosthetists/orthotists, or others in physical rehabilitative disciplines. Additionally, the book may serve well as a desk reference for clinicians who may not be specialized in P&O care but manage patients who utilize P&O devices.
Section I: PROSTHETICS
1 History of Prosthetics and Orthotics
Amanda Lewandowski and Donald Shurr
2 An Overview of Orthotic and Prosthetic Education and Training for the Physical Therapist
Rebecca M. Miro, Matthew Parente, and Christopher Robinson
3 Epidemiology of Amputation
Tyler D. Klenow, Rebecca M. Miro, Owen T. Hill, and M. Jason Highsmith
4 Amputation Surgery
Paul Lunseth, Janos P. Ertl, Munjed Al Muderis, Roland Paquette, and Jason T. Kahle
5 Lower Extremity Prosthetic Componentry
M. Jason Highsmith and Michael K. Carroll
6 Physical Examination and Outcome Measurement of the Patient with Lower Extremity Amputation
Christopher A. Rabago, Brian Kaluf, and M. Jason Highsmith
7 Lower Extremity Amputee Gait
Leif M. Nelson, M. Jason Highsmith, and Phil M. Stevens
8 Physical Therapy for the Patient with Amputation
Marie Black, Christopher A. Rabago, and M. Jason Highsmith
9 Dermatoses in Patients who use Prostheses and Orthoses
James T. Highsmith and M. Jason Highsmith
10 Upper Extremity Prosthetic Rehabilitation
Christopher Fantini and Phil M. Stevens
11 Psychosocial Aspects of Amputation
Lynne B. Hansen and Keiba L. Shaw
Section II: ORTHOTICS
12 Overview of Pathologies for which Orthoses are Commonly Recommended
John H. Seiverd, Gail A. Latlief, and Marissa R. McCarthy
13 Lower Limb Orthotic Management: Orthoses Below the Knee
Jill Seale and Phil M. Stevens
14 Lower Limb Orthotic Management: Orthoses Above the Knee
Phil M. Stevens, Cheryl Costa, Eric Weber, and M. Jason Highsmith
15 Spinal Orthotics
C. Leigh Davis and Kristen Howell
16 Orthotic Management of Cranial Deformities and Associated Comorbidities
Phil M. Stevens and Mary L. Emerson
17 Orthoses for the Upper Extremity
Brigid Driscoll and Bonnie Leshuk
Appendix: Basic Lower Extremity Prosthetic Checkout
Biography
M. Jason Highsmith is a dual licensed physical therapist and prosthetist. He is also a medical scientist with a concentration in clinical trials and patient-oriented translational research. He served in a few positions with the US Department of Veterans Affairs including service as a research physical therapist, the Deputy Chief of Research for the congressionally mandated dual agency VA-DoD Extremity Trauma & Amputation Center of Excellence (EACE) and he currently serves as National Director of the Orthotic, Prosthetic & Pedorthic Clinical Services Program Office.
