Prosthetics Books

Book SynopsisA graphic novel exploring amputation, revealing details about famous amputees throughout history, the invention of the tourniquet, phantom limb syndrome, types of prostheses, and transhumanist technologies. Trade Review“This surprisingly delightful and empathetic examination offers an exemplar in the graphic medicine genre.”—starred review Publishers Weekly“Charming art and a fascinating (and a little gruesome!) subject. I learned so much—loved it!”—Sydney Padua,author of The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage“From Egyptian amputation to transhumanism, this engaging and entertaining exploration of what it means to modify the human body captivates on every page.”—E. Paul Zehr,author of Chasing Captain America: How Advances in Science, Engineering, and Biotechnology Will Produce a Superhuman“Medical illustrators and readers seeking a history of evolving healthcare technology will enjoy this work as an entertaining exploration describing modification of the human body.”—David James Dries Doody's Review Service“An entertaining and fascinating read.”—Brigid Alverson School Library Journal

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Book SynopsisDelivers a research-based, problem-solving approach to prosthetics and orthotics. A clinical focus with unfolding case studies, stimulating questions, and an outstanding art program of 550 photographs and line illustrations make important concepts easy to understand and apply.Table of Contents Foundation for Prosthetics/Orthotic Practice Introduction to Prosthetics & Orthotics Biomechanical Principles in Prosthetics and Orthotics Psychosocial Issues Amputations & Prostheses Amputation Surgery of the Lower Extremity Postsurgical Management Prosthetic Components Lower Extremity Prosthetic Management Other Levels of Amputation The Child with an Amputation Upper Extremity Amputations Orthoses Examinations for Orthotic Prescription and Check-out Designing and Prescribing Orthoses Shoes and Orthoses for Foot Impairments Orthoses for Ankle Impairments Orthoses for Knee Impairments Orthoses for Paraplegia or Hip Impairments Orthoses for Trunk, Cervical or Cranial Impairments Orthoses for Upper Extremity Impairments Living with a Prosthesis/Orthosis Training for Sports and Leisure Clinical Decision-Making Prosthetics and Orthotics AppendixGlossary

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Book SynopsisJennifer Terry traces how biomedical logics entangle Americans in a perpetual state of war, in which new forms of wounding necessitate the continual development of treatment and prosthetic technologies while the military justifies violence and military occupation as necessary conditions for advancing medical knowledge.Trade Review“Attachments to War provides a set of tools that will be valuable to students and established scholars alike for prizing apart and connecting together these attachments in new and vitally necessary ways.” -- Kenneth MacLeish * Medical Anthropology Quarterly *"Terry’s work is eye-opening to a powerful new perspective on the American way of war. Her scholarship is well researched and carefully supported. . . . A fascinating piece of scholarship concerning a tragically understudied subject." -- James Sandy * H-Diplo, H-Net Reviews *"Terry’s work serves as a critical reminder that biomedicine, 'as both an epistemological formation and an industry,' sutures war to care, laboring to convince the public that the knowledge produced through warfare justifies its violence. The crucial work of dismantling US empire, Terry reminds her reader, is to reject that 'labyrinth of excuses.'" -- Jennifer Kelly * Radical History Review *Table of ContentsAbbreviations ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1. The Biomedicine-War Nexus 27 2. Promises of Polytrauma: On Regenerative Medicine 53 3. We Can Enhance You: On Bionic Prosthetics 89 4. Pathogenic Threats: On Pharmaceutical War Profiteering 140 Epilogue 180 Notes 189 Bibliography 217 Index 239

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Book SynopsisJennifer Terry traces how biomedical logics entangle Americans in a perpetual state of war, in which new forms of wounding necessitate the continual development of treatment and prosthetic technologies while the military justifies violence and military occupation as necessary conditions for advancing medical knowledge.Trade Review“Attachments to War provides a set of tools that will be valuable to students and established scholars alike for prizing apart and connecting together these attachments in new and vitally necessary ways.” -- Kenneth MacLeish * Medical Anthropology Quarterly *"Terry’s work is eye-opening to a powerful new perspective on the American way of war. Her scholarship is well researched and carefully supported. . . . A fascinating piece of scholarship concerning a tragically understudied subject." -- James Sandy * H-Diplo, H-Net Reviews *"Terry’s work serves as a critical reminder that biomedicine, 'as both an epistemological formation and an industry,' sutures war to care, laboring to convince the public that the knowledge produced through warfare justifies its violence. The crucial work of dismantling US empire, Terry reminds her reader, is to reject that 'labyrinth of excuses.'" -- Jennifer Kelly * Radical History Review *Table of ContentsAbbreviations ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1. The Biomedicine-War Nexus 27 2. Promises of Polytrauma: On Regenerative Medicine 53 3. We Can Enhance You: On Bionic Prosthetics 89 4. Pathogenic Threats: On Pharmaceutical War Profiteering 140 Epilogue 180 Notes 189 Bibliography 217 Index 239

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Book SynopsisProsthetics and Patient Management: A Comprehensive Clinical Approach is an innovative text covering both upper and lower extremity prosthetics. All the information clinicians need to manage a range of patients with amputations and their disorders is available in this practical and all-inclusive text. Kevin Carroll and Joan E. Edelstein, together with internationally recognized leaders, present a multidisciplinary team approach to the care of a patient with an amputation. Prosthetics and Patient Management covers practical solutions to everyday problems that clinicians encounter, from early prosthetic management to issues facing the more advanced user. The text is divided into four sections encompassing the range of subjects that confront practitioners including Early Management; Rehabilitation of Patients with Lower Limb Amputation; Rehabilitation of Patients with Upper Limb Amputations; and Beyond the Basics, which includes special considerations for children and futuristic concepts. Prosthetics and Patient Management will provide expert guidance for dealing with a wide array of patients and is a must-have for clinicians and students in physical therapy, certified prosthetists, and orthopedists interested in the wide-ranging field of prosthetics and amputations. Trade Review"This book fulfils its aim of providing a comprehensive approach to prosthetics and patient management…..It is well laid out and progresses logically….. This would be useful in a physiotherapy department where patients are treated following amputation." — Penny Broomhead, Physiotherapy “I feel one of the most helpful aspects of this book was the Appendix. In this section, the authors included a physical therapy intake form, pain questionnaire and physical therapy evaluation form. I found these to be a good starting point for any therapist with little experience evaluating and treating this patient population.” — Kristen Kwiatkowski-Digwood, ADVANCE for Physical Therapists & PT Assistants “If there is a display of publications related to rehabilitation, you will be drawn by the montage cover to the new Carroll/Edelstein book. With photographs of five patients (three of them children) you probably will order it on the spot. . . Excellent photographs as well as references." — Jay Schleichkorn, PhD, PT, Dr. Jay’s E-Book Reports "The illustrations help to clarify descriptions of devices in the book….This is a good addition to a collection for those interested in amputee management and care. It is easy to read and easy to understand – well written overall." — Rachna H. Soriano, DO, Doody ReviewsTable of ContentsContents Dedication Acknowledgments About the Editors Contributors Preface Section I: Early Management Chapter 1: Clinic Team Approach to Rehabilitation Joan E. Edelstein, MA, PT, FISPO Chapter 2: Amputation Surgery: Osteomyoplastic Reconstructive Technique Janos P. Ertl, MD and William J. J. Ertl, MD Chapter 3: Postoperative Management John Rheinstein, CP, FAAOP; Christopher Kevin Wong, MS, PT; Joan E. Edelstein, MA, PT, FISPO Chapter 4: Pain Management Marisol A. Hanley, PhD; Dawn M. Ehde, PhD; Douglas G. Smith, MD Chapter 5: Skin Disorders and Their Management Clay M. Kelly, MD Chapter 6: Psychological Consequences of Amputation Pamela G. Forducey, PhD, ABPP; William D. Ruwe, PhD, PsyD; Kawaljeet Kaur, MD Section II: Rehabilitation of Adults With Lower-Limb Amputations Chapter 7: Partial Foot and Syme’s Amputations amd Prosthetic Designs Lawrence R. Lange, CPO, FAAOP Chapter 8 Transtibial Prosthetic Designs Kevin Carroll, MS, CP, FAAOP and Katherine Binder, CP Chapter 9: Transfemoral Prosthetic Designs Kevin Carroll, MS, CP, FAAOP; James C. Baird, CPO; Katherine Binder, CP Chapter 10: Hip Disarticulations and Transpelvic Prosthetic Designs Kevin Carroll, MS, CP, FAAOP; Christina Skoski, MD; Katherine Binder, CP Chapter 11: Basic Lower-Limb Prosthetic Training Melissa Wolff-Burke, PT, EdD, ATC; Elizabeth Smith Cole, PT; Mary Witt, PT Section III: Rehabilitation of Adults With Upper-Limb Amputations Chapter 12: Body-Powered Upper-Limb Prosthetic Designs Jack E. Uellendahl, CPO and Elaine N. Uellendahl, CP Chapter 13: Upper-Limb Externally Powered Prosthetic Designs Troylin Farnsworth, CP and Randall D. Alley, CP Chapter 14: Training Patients with Upper-Limb Amputations Diane Atkins, OTR, FISPO and Joan E. Edelstein, MA, PT, FISPO Section IV: Beyond the Basics Chapter 15: Special Considerations With Children Stephen Mandacina, CP, FAAOP; Jack E. Uellendahl, CPO; Joan E. Edelstein, MA, PT, FISPO Chapter 16: Rehabilitation Outcomes Joan E. Edelstein, MA, PT, FISPO Chapter 17: Adaptive Prostheses for Recreation Kevin Carroll, MS, CP, FAAOP; Randy Richardson, RPA; Katherine Binder, CP Chapter 18: In the Future: Prosthetic Advances and Challenges Matthew A. Parente, PT, CPO; Mark Geil, PhD; Brian Monroe, CPO Chapter 19: In the Future: Surgical and Educational Advances and Challenges Matthew A. Parente, PT, CPO and Mark Geil, PhD Appendix A: Physical Therapy Intake Melissa Wolff-Burke, PT, EdD, ATC; Elizabeth Smith Cole, PT; Mary Witt, PT Appendix B: Pain Questionnaire Melissa Wolff-Burke, PT, EdD, ATC; Elizabeth Smith Cole, PT; Mary Witt, PT Appendix C: Physical Therapy Evaluation for Prosthetic Candidate Melissa Wolff-Burke, PT, EdD, ATC; Elizabeth Smith Cole, PT; Mary Witt, PT Appendix D: Case Study for a Person With a Transfemoral Amputation Melissa Wolff-Burke, PT, EdD, ATC; Elizabeth Smith Cole, PT; Mary Witt, PT Index

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Book SynopsisThe future of ankle replacements will be governed by careful patient selection, meticulous surgical technique, and appropriate prospective follow up and reporting as well as the introduction and collaboration of joint replacement registers. There is a large uptrend in the use of ankle replacements and a need for authoritative publications that can be used as a reference internationally.The Atlas of Ankle Replacements is an objective, comprehensive and authoritative textbook on this subject. With easy-to-read chapters from global pioneers in ankle replacement, alongside extensive images, illustrations and photographs, this title has widespread appeal and accessibility to foot and ankle surgeons, engineers and industry alike.

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Book SynopsisThe future of ankle replacements will be governed by careful patient selection, meticulous surgical technique, and appropriate prospective follow up and reporting as well as the introduction and collaboration of joint replacement registers. There is a large uptrend in the use of ankle replacements and a need for authoritative publications that can be used as a reference internationally. The Atlas of Ankle Replacements is an objective, comprehensive and authoritative textbook on this subject. With easy-to-read chapters from global pioneers in ankle replacement, alongside extensive images, illustrations and photographs, this title has widespread appeal and accessibility to foot and ankle surgeons, engineers and industry alike.Table of ContentsPreface (Hakon Kofoed); Biomechanics (Alberto Leardini, John J O'Connor, Sandro Giannini); Biomaterials (Claire Brockett); Anatomy of the Ankle (Tim Williams, Dishan Singh & Andy Goldberg); Ankle Arthritis (Rhys Thomas & Timothy Daniels); Indications & Contraindications for TAR (H Cornelis (Kees) Doets); Alternative Treatment Options for Ankle Arthritis (Brian Donley & Manuel Leyes); History of the Total Ankle Replacement (John Kirkup & Andy Goldberg); Designs of Total Ankle Replacement (The Atlas); Outcomes of Total Ankle Replacement (Anders Henricson); Surgical Technique of Total Ankle Replacement (Arul Ramasamy, Ali Najefi, Paul Cooke, Andy Goldberg); Complications of Ankle Replacement — Prevention & Treatment (James K DeOrio & Daniel Latt); Total Ankle Replacement in Deformity (J Chris Coetzee & Pascal Rippstein); Total Ankle Replacement in patients with Co-Morbidity (Klammer Georg & Espinosa Norman); Modes of Failure of Total Ankle Replacement (Timothy Clough & Michael Karski); Revision Total Ankle Replacement (Sunil Dhar, Dakshinamurthy Sunderamoorthy & Haroon Majeed); Bibliography;

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Book SynopsisNeuroprosthetics is an area of intense scientific and clinical interest and rapid progress. Since the introduction of the cardiac pacemaker in 1932, we have seen developments that include cochlear prostheses, techniques for bladder and bowel control, deep brain stimulation, and restoration of mobility and respiration to paralyzed individuals.The chapters in this book have been contributed by authors who are recognized internationally in their fields. The result is a comprehensive and up-to-date review that will be invaluable to graduate students, clinicians and researchers in neuroprosthetics. It is broadly divided into three sections: Section 1 provides a core of knowledge that forms a foundation for the rest of the book, and covers the basics of neuroanatomy and neurophysiology, biomaterials and biocompatibility, stimulation and recording techniques; Section 2 describes current clinical applications of neuroprosthetics; Section 3 looks at future developments in the field.Table of ContentsNeuroanatomy and neurophysiology; extracellular stimulation and recording - theory and models; immunology; materials for nerve stimulation and recording; peripheral nerve and muscle - stimulation and recording electrodes and techniques; CNS stimulation and recording electrodes and techniques; existing FES systems and signal processing; future FES systems/devices/brain-computer interfaces; experimentation and device approval.

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