Book Description
New in the Third Edition:
- Content closely follows AOTA’s Occupational Therapy Practice Framework and Occupational Therapy Vision 2025
- Updated and more extensive provision of evidence that summarizes key findings in current literature
- New theories are presented in the Intervention sections
- Extensive, joint specific and theory-based assessments are provided
- Interventions described are occupation-based, process-based
- Kinesiology concepts presented in a practical, useable way
- Expanded chapters for Spine and Thorax and Hip and Pelvis.
Kinesiology for Occupational Therapy, Third Edition clearly outlines the need for an understanding of kinesiology in occupational therapy, providing occupational therapists with the evidence necessary to support their intervention strategies.
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Contents
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Contributing Authors
Preface
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Section I Foundational Knowledge
Chapter 1 Occupational Therapy Conceptual Foundations
Melinda F. Rybski, PhD, MS, OTR/L and Lori DeMott, OTR/L, CHT
Chapter 2 Kinesiology Concepts
Melinda F. Rybski, PhD, MS, OTR/L; Samia Rafeedie, OTD, OTR/L, BCPR, CBIS;
and Jane Baumgarten, OTR/L
Chapter 3 Range of Motion
Melinda F. Rybski, PhD, MS, OTR/L
Chapter 4 Factors Influencing Strength
Melinda F. Rybski, PhD, MS, OTR/L
Section II Normal Joint Movement
Chapter 5 The Shoulder
Melinda F. Rybski, PhD, MS, OTR/L and Kim Szucs, PhD, OTR/L
Chapter 6 The Elbow
Melinda F. Rybski, PhD, MS, OTR/L
Chapter 7 The Wrist
Melinda F. Rybski, PhD, MS, OTR/L
Chapter 8 The Hand
Melinda F. Rybski, PhD, MS, OTR/L
Chapter 9 Posture
Melinda F. Rybski, PhD, MS, OTR/L and Lisa Juckett, MOT, OTR/L, CHT
Chapter 10 The Hip and Pelvis
Melinda F. Rybski, PhD, MS, OTR/L
Chapter 11 The Knee, Ankle, and Foot
Melinda F. Rybski, PhD, MS, OTR/L
Section III Intervention
Chapter 12 Biomechanical Intervention Approach
Melinda F. Rybski, PhD, MS, OTR/L
Chapter 13 Rehabilitation Approach
Melinda F. Rybski, PhD, MS, OTR/L
Chapter 14 Occupational Adaptation Practice Model
Melinda F. Rybski, PhD, MS, OTR/L and Lori DeMott, OTR/L, CHT
Chapter 15 Motor Control and Motor Learning
Sandra Rogers, PhD, OTR/L
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Finanical Disclosures
Index