Psychoprosthetics

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Gallagher, Pamela (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Desmond, Deirdre (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), MacLachlan, Malcolm (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London : Springer London, 2008.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Orthopedics.; Psychotherapy.; Rehabilitation.; Medicine & Public Health.; Surgical Orthopedics.

 Psychoprosthetics is the study of the psychological aspects of prosthetic use and of rehabilitative processes in those conditions that require the use of prosthetic devices. For people with limb loss, the fitting of a prosthesis can give rise to a variety of issues from functional rehabilitation to quality of life, well-being, participation in society and cosmetic satisfaction. As prosthetic technology continues to become more sophisticated and advanced, there is an onus on those who work with prosthetic users, to be aware of the impact of prosthetics on the ways in which people understand and construct their realities and their attempts to cope with and relate to them. However, despite the broad and increasing interest in psychosocial aspects of prosthetic use and rehabilitation, to date there has not been a complete volume on the topic – this book now addresses that need. Psychoprosthetics brings together the most recent and exciting research and knowledge in this new field into one easily accessible volume. It contributes to a better understanding of the complex human dynamics involved in prosthetic use and provides an analysis of the practice, research and theory in the field of psychoprosthetics. Written by some of the leading experts to the field, this informative and cutting-edge text will be of relevance to students, practitioners and researchers from a wide range of disciplines, including prosthetics and orthotics, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, rehabilitation medicine, engineering, nursing and psychology. 

 Psychoprosthetics: An Introduction -- Coping and Psychosocial Adjustment to Amputation -- Limb Loss and Body Image -- Management of Chronic Pain After Limb Loss -- Cognition and Mobility Rehabilitation Following Lower Limb Amputation -- Psychological Adjustment to Lower Limb Amputation: An Evaluation of Outcome Measurement Tools -- Interventions for Psychological Issues in Amputation: A Team Approach -- Anthropology and Its Individual, Social, and Cultural Contributions to Psychoprosthetics -- Embodiment and Prosthetics -- Osseoperception and Osseointegrated Prosthetic Limbs -- Virtual and Augmented Reality, Phantom Experience, and Prosthetics -- Psychological Fit of a Prosthetic Arm: An Illustrative Case Study Using Repertory Grid Analysis with a User of a High-Tech Upper Limb Prosthesis.