HAND AND WRIST REHABILITATION. THEORETICAL ASPECTS AND PRACTICAL CONSEQUENCES

This work demonstrates that hand and wrist rehabilitation calls for precise anatomical, biomechanical, and physiological expertise, as well as mastery of manual techniques and targeted physiotherapy.
Particular attention is given to the complementarity between theoretical knowledge and practical aspects; accordingly, refreshers on the underlying theory; descriptions of the rehabilitation prools and the specific manual and instrumental techniques; and the type of orthesis used depending on the delay of healing are provided for each pathology.
This publication will appeal to a broad readership, from physiotherapists and occupational therapists, to surgeons and practitioners specialized in physical rehabilitation, to students in the fields of physiotherapy and occupational therapy.

Author
Grégory Mesplié is a physiotherapist at the Institut sud aquitain de la main et du membre supérieur in France. He regularly participates at the GEM/GEMMSOR Congress (Society of hand surgery and rehabilitation) and at the EFSHT Congress in Paris. He gives classes and conferences at the physiotherapy universities of Liège (Belgium) and Zaragoza (Spain) andteaches medical graduate students in physiotherapy and occupational therapy in the ISAMMS center.

Table of contents (18 chapters)
1.Functional and Biomechanical Anatomy of the Radioulnar Unity and the Wrist
2.Injuries of the Radioulnar Unity
3.Recent Fractures of the Scaphoid Bone
4.Sprains of the Scapholunate Ligament
5.Recent Fractures of the Inferior Extremity of the Radius
6.Sprains of the Metacarpophalangeal Joint of the Thumb
7.Fractures of Metacarpals and Phalanges
8.Capsulo-ligamentous Injuries of the Proximal Interphalangeal Joint
9.Injuries of the Extensor Tendons
10.Injuries of the Flexor Tendons
11.Amputations
12.Physiology and Rehabilitation of Sensorial and Motor Disorders
13.Entrapment Syndromes of the Median Nerve
14.Entrapment Syndromes of the Ulnar Nerve
15.Entrapment Syndromes of the Radial Nerve
16.Dupuytren Disease
17.Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
18.Protocols