Occupational Therapy for Physical Dysfunction

By Sharon A. Gutman and Dr. Diane Dirette PhD

Bridging the gap between theory and practice, Occupational Therapy for Physical Dysfunction, 9th Edition, remains the most trusted and widely used OT text for learning how to assess and develop care plans for clients with physical disabilities. Editors Diane Powers Dirette and Sharon A. Gutman lead a team of expert contributors who explain commonly seen clinical conditions and provide step-by-step guidance for assessment and treatment. Designed to help students become effective, reflective practitioners, this full-color, readable text provides students with the foundational knowledge and skills to collect and interpret pertinent clinical data, and employ occupation-based interventions that restore daily life function.

Guides readers through conceptual foundations of Occupational Therapy; assessment and intervention for commonly encountered disabilities; the use of rehabilitative technologies in treatment; what it means to restore a patient's ability to live independently in the community, based upon the dysfunction they are experiencing; frames of reference for translating theory into practice; and clinical guidelines for the most commonly seen physical dysfunction diagnoses.Contains new chapters on different practice settings encountered by occupational therapists, the Biopsychosocial Frame of Reference, and the Occupation-based Frame of Reference.Includes case studies with new digital assessment components; revised assessment and evidence tables that collect best evidence for interventions and most commonly used assessments; increased coverage of intervention for each condition; and learning objectives, chapter outlines, and terminology that help students learn important concepts.Provides up-to-date digital content such as numerous new videos about range of motion, manual muscle testing, and assessment; video assessment questions; chapter proficiency quizzes and hidden reserve test questions with rationales and remediation; instructor PowerPoints; syllabus conversion guide; and more.Aligns with Occupational Therapy Practice Framework, 4th Edition (OTPF-4) and International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) throughout.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1975243102
• ISBN13: 9781975243104
• Release Date: February 2027
• Publisher: LWW
• Length: 1168 Pages