The Limb-Deficient Child

Berton Blakeslee

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Year: 2023
• ISBN:
  9780520318588
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Medicina
• Subtopic: Fisioterapia, medicina física y rehabilitación

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1963.
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Preface
• Contents 1
• I The Role of the Medical Director THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR’S FUNCTION AS A MEMBER OF THE CLINIC TEAM
• THE REFERRAL
• THE PRELIMINARY INTERVIEW
• THE MEDICAL EXAMINATION
• GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF
• GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF LIMB-DEFICIENT CHILDREN
• THE PROBLEM OF LIMB DOMINANCE
• THE TRAUMATIC AMPUTEE
• THE ETIOLOGY OF CONGENITAL LIMB
• THE ROLE OF THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR IN THE PROSTHETIC PROGRAM
• II Orthopedic Considerations
• NONSURGICAL ASPECTS OF TREATMENT
• SURGICAL ASPECTS OF TREATMENT
• CONGENITAL SKELETAL DEFICIENCIES OF THE EXTREMITIES: CLASSIFICATION AND FUNDAMENTALS OF TREATMENT
• Ill The Psychosocial Problems
• THE PARENTS’ REACTIONS TO THE IMPACT OF THE EVENT
• ASSISTING THE PARENTS IN PERIODS OF CRISIS
• THE CHILD’S ATTITUDE TOWARD HIS DIFFERENCE
• THE PREADOLESCENT AND ADOLESCENT PERIODS
• THE PROBLEM OF COMPETITION
• THE CHILD'S WAYS OF HANDLING ANXIETY
• THE TRAUMATIC AMPUTEE
• THE ROLE OF THE SOCIAL WORKER
• IV Preprosthetic Evaluations
• THE THERAPIST’S CONTRIBUTION TO THE PRESCRIPTION
• EVALUATING DEVELOPMENTAL STATUS IN THE INFANT AMPUTEE
• EVALUATING DEVELOPMENTAL STATUS IN THE PRESCHOOL AND SCHOOL AGE CHILD
• EVALUATING RANGE OF MOTION AND MOTOR DEVELOPMENT
• PRESCHOOL AND SCHOOL AGE INTERESTS
• THE TEEN-AGER AND YOUNG ADULT
• DETERMINING FUNCTIONAL NEEDS
• TRANSLATING FUNCTIONAL NEEDS TO PROSTHETIC NEEDS
• V Preprosthetic Therapy POSTOPERATIVE CARE OF THE TRAUMATIC AMPUTEE
• THE USE OF CRUTCHES
• POSTOPERATIVE BANDAGING
• PHYSICAL CONDITIONING FOR THE TRAUMATIC AMPUTEE
• PHYSICAL CONDITIONING FOR THE CONGENITAL AMPUTEE
• VI Child Prosthesis Design and Fitting DESIGN CRITERIA
• HARNESSING
• HARNESSING FOR ABOVE-ELBOW AMPUTEES*
• EXPERIMENTAL HARNESSING TECHNIQUES
• DESIGNING THE PHOCOMELIA PROSTHESIS
• FITTING UPPER EXTREMITYAMPUTATIONS
• FITTING LOWER EXTREMITY AMPUTATIONS
• PROSTHESES FOR CHILDREN WITH MULTILATERAL DEFICIENCIES
• THE CHECK-OUT
• VII The Training Period INITIATING THE TRAINING PROGRAM
• CLOTHING FOR THE CHILD AMPUTEE
• STUMP HYGIENE
• MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF THE PROSTHESIS
• PUTTING ON THE PROSTHESIS
• BUILDING TOLERANCE TO WEAR
• VIII Training the Upper Extremity Amputee
• THE TRAINING AREA
• TRAINING THE INFANT FITTED WITH PASSIVE CONTROLS
• FOLLOW-UP TRAINING FOR THE INFANT WITH PASSIVE CONTROLS
• READINESS FOR ACTIVE CONTROLS
• ACTIVATION OF CONTROLS
• ACTIVE OPERATION OF THE PROSTHETIC COMPONENTS
• OPERATION OF CONTROLS: THE ABOVE-ELBOW AMPUTEE
• OPERATION OF CONTROLS: THE SHOULDER DISARTICULATION AMPUTEE
• TRAINING WITH ACTIVE CONTROLS
• TEACHING HOOK OPERATION
• SEQUENCE OF LEARNING GRASP AND RELEASE PATTERNS
• REFINEMENT OF GRASP AND RELEASE PATTERNS
• TOYS AND TRAINING AIDS FOR THE CHILD WITH ACTIVE CONTROLS
• TRAINING ACTIVITIES FOR BILATERALS
• SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES FOR DEVELOPING PROSTHETIC SKILL
• PLAYGROUND ACTIVITIES
• HOUSEHOLD ACTIVITIES
• SCHOOLROOM ACTIVITIES
• SPORTS
• MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
• CARD GAMES
• SPECIAL EQUIPMENT
• EATING AND DRINKING
• DRESSING
• IX Training the Lower Extremity Amputee
• THE TRAINING AREA AND TRAINING EQUIPMENT
• INITIAL TRAINING
• CONTROL MOTIONS FOR LOWER (NOTE: EXTREMITY PROSTHESES
• PRELIMINARY WEIGHT SHIFTING AND BALANCE
• GAIT DEVIATIONS IN REFERENCE TO THERAPY
• AMBULATORY ACTIVITIES FOR THE UNILATERAL LOWER EXTREMITY AMPUTEE
• TRAINING THE BILATERAL LOWER EXTREMITY AMPUTEE
• AMBULATORY ACTIVITIES FOR THE BILATERAL LOWER EXTREMITY AMPUTEE
• Appendix
• Index