Main description:

This text provides the physical therapist with the information they need to know about specific orthopedic surgeries and the rehabilitation techniques. Each chapter presents the indications and considerations for surgery; a detailed look at the surgical procedure, including the surgeon's perspective regarding rehabilitation concerns; and therapy guidelines to use in designing the rehabilitation program. In addition to including descriptions of each surgery, this book provides rehabilitation protocols for each surgery along with ways to trouble shoot within various patient populations (i.e. geriatric, athletic, pediatric, etc.). Unlike the more general orthopedic books, this book provides specific clinical information about individual orthopedic surgeries along with a chapter on soft tissue healing.

Contents:

Part One: Introduction

1. Pathogenesis of Soft Tissue and Bone Repair NEW!

2. Soft Tissue Healing Considerations After Surgery

Part Two: Upper Extremity

3. Acromioplasty

4. Anterior Capsular Reconstruction

5. Rotator Cuff Repair and Rehabilitation

6. Superior Labral Anterior Posterior Repair (SLAP Repair)

7. Total Shoulder Replacement NEW!

8. Tennis Elbow: Extensor Brevis Release and Lateral Epicondylectomy

9. Reconstruction of the Ulnar Collateral Ligament with Ulnar Nerve Transposition

10. Surgery and Rehabilitation for Primary Flexor Tendon Repair in the Digit NEW!

11. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Part Three: Spine

12. Cervical Spine Fusion NEW!

13. Lumbar Microdiskectomy

14. Lumbar Fusion

Part Four: Lower Extremity

15. Total Hip Replacement

16. Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of the Hip

17. Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

18. Arthroscopic Lateral Retinaculum Release

19. Meniscectomy and Meniscal Repair

20. Patella Open Reduction and Internal Fixation

21. Total Knee Arthroplasty

22. Lateral Ligament Repair

23. Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of the Ankle

24. Ankle Arthroscopy

25. Achilles Tendon Repair

Appendices

A. Transitioning the Throwing Athlete Back to the Field

B. Transitioning the Jumping Athlete Back to the Court

C. New Approaches in Total Hip Replacement