Catherine A. Trombly Latham's name appears first in earlier edition

Includes bibliographical references and index

Part 1. Occupational function: definition, process, and history. Conceptual foundations for practice / Catherine A. Trombly Latham -- Historical and social foundations for practice / Pamela Roberts, Sharon Kurfuerst, and Jaclyn Faglie Low -- Planning, guiding, and documenting practice / Mary Vining Radomski -- Part 2. Assessment of occupational function. Assessing roles and competence / Susan E. Fasoli -- Assessing abilites and capacities: range of motion, strength, and endurance / Nancy A. Flinn, Catherine A. Trombly Latham, and Carolyn Robinson Podolski -- Assessing abilities and capacities: motor behavior / Virgil Mathiowetz and Julie Bass-Haugen -- Assessing abilities and capacities: sensation / Karen Bentzel -- Assessing abilities and capacities: vision, visual perception, and praxis / Lee Ann Quintana -- Assessing abilities and capacities: cognition / Mary Vining Radomski -- Assessing context: personal, social, and cultural / Mary Vining Radomski -- Assessing environment: home, community, and workplace access / Patricia Rigby, Mandy Lowe, Lori Letts, and Debra Stewart -- Part 3. Therapeutic mechanisms. Occupation: philosophy and concepts / Catherine A. Trombly Latham -- Occupation as therapy: selection, gradation, analysis, and adaptation / Catherine A. Trombly Latham -- Learning / Nancy Ann Flinn and Mary Vining Radomski -- Therapeutic rapport / Linda Tickle-Degnen -- Part 4. Therapeutic technologies. Upper extremity orthoses / Lisa D. Deshaies -- Construction of hand splints / Nancy Callinan -- Wheelchair selection / Brian J. Dudgeon and Jean C. Deitz -- High-technology adaptations to compensate for disability / Mary Ellen Buning -- Physical agent modalities / Alfred G. Bracciano -- Part 5. Treatment of occupational function. Optimizing abilities and capacities: range of motion, strength, and endurance / Nancy A. Flinn, Jeanne Jackson, Julie McLaughlin Gray, and Ruth Zemke -- Optimizing motor behavior using the occupational therapy task-oriented approach / Julie Bass-Haugen, Virgil Mathiowetz, and Nancy Flinn -- Optimizing motor skill using task-related training / Joyce Shapero Sabari -- Optimizing motor behavior using the Bobath approach / Kathryn Levit -- Optimizing motor behavior using the Brunnstrom movement therapy approach / Catherine A. Trombly Latham -- Managing deficit of first-level motor control capacities using Rood and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation techniques / Kathy Longnecker Rust -- Optimizing sensory abilities and capacities / Karen Bentzel -- Optimizing vision, visual perception, and praxis abilities / Lee Ann Quintana -- Optimizing cognitive abilities / Mary Vining Radomski and Elin Schold Davis -- Restoring the role of independent person / Anne Birge James -- Restoring mobility / Susan Lanier Pierce -- Restoring competence for homemaker and parent roles / Susan E. Fasoli -- Restoring competence for the worker roles / Valerie J. Rice and Stephen Luster -- Restoring competence in leisure pursuits / Carolyn Hanson -- Optimizing personal and social adaptation / Jo M. Solet -- Optimizing access to home, community, and work environments / Dory B. Sabata, Shoshana Shamberg, and Michael Williams -- Preventing occupational dysfunction secondary to aging / Glenn Goodman and Bette R. Bonder -- Part 6. Treatment to promote occupational function for selected diagnostic categories. Stroke / Anne M. Woodson -- Traumatic brain injury / Mary Vining Radomski -- Neurodegenerative diseases / Susan J. Forwell, Lois F. Copperman, and Lucinda Hugos -- Orthopaedic conditions / Colleen Maher and Jane Bear-Lehman -- Hand impairments / Cynthia Cooper -- Spinal cord injury / Michal S. Atkins -- Rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, and fibromyalgia / Y. Lynn Yasuda -- Burn injuries / Monica A. Pessina and Amy C. Orroth -- Amputations and prosthetics / Kathy Stubblefield and Anne Armstrong -- Cardiac and pulmonary diseases / Nancy Huntley -- Dysphagia / Wendy Avery -- Human immunodeficiency virus / Karin J. Opacich -- Oncology / Margarette L. Shelton, Joanna B. Lipoma, and E. Stuart Oertli

This text provides a current and well-rounded view of the field from theoretical rationale to evaluation, treatment, and follow-up. Through the Occupational Functioning Model, this edition continues to emphasize the conceptual foundation of practice. New features include Evidence Tables summarizing the evidence supporting each intervention and Assessment Tables summarizing the pros and cons of key assessment tools