Clinical skills in treating the foot. (2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Assessment of the lower limb.
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Warren A. Turner, Linda M. Merriman.
• Other Names: Turner, Warren, 1967-; Merriman, Linda M
• Contents: Front Cover; Copyright Page; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. Treatment planning; INTRODUCTION; WHO NEEDS TREATMENT FOR DISORDERS OF THE FOOT?; WHAT IS 'TREATMENT'?; THE TREATMENT PLANNING PROCESS; THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM APPROACH; WHY DO TREATMENT PLANS FAIL?; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 2. Evidence-based practice and clinical governance; INTRODUCTION; DOING THE RIGHT THING; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; THE PURPOSE OF CLINICAL AUDIT; ANALYSING THE EFFECTS OF TREATMENT; EFFECTS OF MEASUREMENT ONTREATMENT POLICY FOR THE FUTURE; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; FURTHER READING. Chapter 3. Clinical protocolsINTRODUCTION; WHAT INFLUENCES HOW A PRACTITIONER PRACTISES?; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; FURTHER READING; Chapter 4. Clinical emergencies; INTRODUCTION; THE NATURE OF MEDICAL EMERGENCIES; CARDIOVASCULAR EMERGENCIES; RESPIRATORY EMERGENCIES; NEUROLOGICAL EMERGENCIES; METABOLIC CRISES; SOME SUBACUTE EMERGENCIES; WHAT TO DO IF A PATIENT SUDDENLY LOSES CONSCIOUSNESS; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; FURTHER READING; Chapter 5. Health and health promotion; INTRODUCTION; UNDERSTANDING HEALTH; FROM HEALTH EDUCATION TO HEALTH PROMOTION. MAPPING APPROACHES TO HEALTH PROMOTIONPODIATRY AND HEALTH PROMOTION; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; FURTHER READING; Chapter 6. Operative techniques; INTRODUCTION; OPERATIVE TREATMENT; SUPERFICIAL TECHNIQUES USED ON SKIN; DEBRIDEMENT AND ENUCLEATION; LANCING AND DRAINAGE; TECHNIQUES USED ON NAILS; NAIL CARE; NAIL DRILL; NAIL SURGERY; NAIL ABLATION; MANAGEMENT FOLLOWING NAIL SURGERY; INCISIONAL APPROACHES TO SURGERY; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 7. Surgery and the foot; INTRODUCTION; SELECTING PATIENTS FOR SURGERY; PRINCIPLES OF FOOT SURGERY; SEQUELAE ASSOCIATED WITH FOOT SURGERY. TOURNIQUET USE AND EFFECTSANAESTHETIC TECHNIQUES FOR FOOT SURGERY; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; FURTHER READING; Chapter 8. Pharmacology; INTRODUCTION; TERMINOLOGY; MODE OF ADMINISTRATION; THERAPEUTIC DRUG GROUPS USED IN THE MANAGEMENT OF FOOT PROBLEMS; ANALGESICS; ANHIDROTICS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS; ANTIMICROBIAL DRUGS; ANTIPURITICS; CAUSTICS; EMOLLIENTS; PREMEDICATION PRIOR TO SURGERY; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; FURTHER READING; Chapter 9. Physical therapy; INTRODUCTION; COLD AND HEAT; CRYOTHERAPY; HEAT THERAPY; ULTRASOUND; RADIOFREQUENCY HEATING; HYDROTHERAPY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS. MUSCLE STIMULATIONTRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATORS; MANUAL THERAPY; LASERS; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; FURTHER READING; Chapter 10. An introduction to mechanical therapeutics; INTRODUCTION; PRINCIPLES OF ORTHOTIC MANAGEMENT; MECHANICAL PRINCIPLES; MATERIAL PROPERTIES; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; FURTHER READING; Chapter 11. Mechanical therapeutics in the clinic; INTRODUCTION; DRESSINGS AND BANDAGES; CLINICAL PADDED DRESSINGS; LIMITING FOOT AND ANKLE MOVEMENT; REPLACEABLE ORTHOSES; SILICONES AND MOULDED THERMOPLASTIC ORTHOSES; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; FURTHER READING; Chapter 12. Prescription orthoses.
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh New York : Elsevier Churchill Livingstone
• Publication Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 486 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 617.58506; Foot -- Diseases -- Treatment; Foot Diseases -- therapy; Pied; Pied -- Maladies; Foot -- Diseases -- Treatment; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780702036330; 0702036331
• Related ISBNs: 0443071136; 9780443071133
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.