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presented by Aviva Wolff, EdD, OTR, CHT
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Aviva Wolff, EdD, OTR, CHT
Aviva Wolff is an occupational therapist and clinician-scientist with a strong background in motor control and movement analysis and extensive experience working with performing artists and individuals with musculoskeletal injuries. She currently consults for the Juilliard School and runs the upper extremity clinical movement analysis programs and hand and wrist biomechanics research at the Leon…
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1. Tendon Transfer: Surgery Indications, Considerations, and Purpose
This chapter provides practitioners with an understanding of indications and considerations for tendon transfer surgery to properly assess and treat postsurgical tendon transfer injuries. The chapter reviews common indications for tendon transfer surgery, such as nerve palsies, central neurological deficits, and major trauma.
2. Common Tendon Transfer Procedures to Restore Muscle Balance in the Hand and Wrist
This chapter describes the range of surgical options for tendon transfers based on the impairment to provide practitioners with the knowledge to develop an individualized treatment plan.
3. Preoperative and Postoperative Management of Tendon Transfer Surgery
This chapter identifies the components of a preoperative plan of care for tendon transfer surgery, including proper positioning, maintaining joint motion, functional orthoses and adaptive devices, and neuromuscular reeducation. The postoperative management includes proper immobilization techniques, use of biofeedback, assistive devices, and neuromuscular reeducation.
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