Atlas of Orthoses and Assistive Devices - Hardcover

 
9780443121081: Atlas of Orthoses and Assistive Devices
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0443121087 ISBN 13: 9780443121081
Verlag: Elsevier, 2025

Inhaltsangabe

Offering a valuable balance of information for everyone on the rehabilitation team, Atlas of Orthoses and Assistive Devices, Sixth Edition, brings you up to date with rapid changes in every area of this fast-moving field. Significant new content, a new editor with specialization in prosthetics and orthotics, and new contributing authors deliver expert guidance on the decision-making process needed for the prescription and application of technologically complex devices. From traditional fabrication and fitting principles to advanced information in the material sciences, digital printing technology, neural stimulation systems, microprocessor technologies, and robotics, this new edition remains practical, readable, and evidence-based―an ideal resource to assist medical and rehabilitation professionals achieve optimal outcomes for patients with a wide variety of conditions.

  • Includes coverage of key advances in robotic systems, 3D printing technology, and virtual reality devices, as well as wearable inertial sensors in people with mobility impairments, plus a new chapter on digital technology in orthotics and prosthetics
  • Covers cutting-edge topics ranging from gait assessment strategies to novel therapies such as use of a virtual environment during rehabilitation
  • Features a vibrant, full-color design with numerous figures, tables, and color photographs throughout
  • Shares the knowledge and experience of new editor William Lovegreen, who brings specialized expertise in prosthetics and orthotics, as well as new contributing authors who provide fresh perspectives and greater international representation
  • Discusses brain-computer interface (BCI) systems relating to assistive technology (AT) systems and orthotics
  • Includes economic evaluations for orthotic and prosthetic devices
  • An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Dr. Douglas Murphy is a highly respected Medical Director of the Regional Amputation Center Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center in Richmond VA. Co-editor of our key text on ‘Atlas of Orthoses and Assistive Devices’, Dr Murphy is an expert in the field of robotic rehabilitation. His research interests include Brain Computer Interface and Prosthetics, Amputee Gait Deviations, Telemedicine, Prosthetics, and EMG.

Joseph B. Webster is Director, Amputation Care, Clinician, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia.

William Lovegreen is Prosthetist-Orthotist Regional Clinical Director, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Veterans Administration, Richmond, VA.

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Verlag
Elsevier
Erscheinungsdatum
2025
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0443121087
ISBN 13 
9780443121081
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
6
Anzahl der Seiten
520
Herausgeber
Murphy MD Douglas P., Webster MD Joseph B., Lovegreen William
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