Psychoprosthetics

Psychoprosthetics is defined as the study of psychological aspects of prosthetic use and of rehabilitative processes in those conditions that require the use of prosthetic devices. Psychoprosthetics: State of the Knowledge brings together, into one easily accessible volume, the most recent and exciting research and knowledge in this new field

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.

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.

Written by leading experts, 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.

Compiles the most recent research and knowledge of Psychoprosthetics into one accessible volume Contributions from well-known clinicians, practitioners, researchers and academics who work with prosthetics

Autorentext

Contributors will be well-known clinicians, practitioners, researchers and academics who work with prosthetics. The editors have considerable experience in reviewing, editing and publishing and are leaders in this field. They have published in all the leading relevant journals related to the area, have been invited to speak at key conferences and lead an active multidisciplinary group of researchers and clinicians interested in applying many aspects of psychology to prosthetic use, especially in regard to the rehabilitation of people with amputations.

All editors direct the Dublin Psychoprosthetics Group - a multidisciplinary group of researchers and clinicians interested in applying many and varied aspects of psychology to prosthetic use, especially in regard to the rehabilitation of people with amputations.: (See www.tcd.ie/psychoprosthetics).

Zusammenfassung

Psychoprosthetics brings together, into one easily accessible volume, the most recent and exciting research and knowledge in this new field. Psychoprosthetics is defined as the study of psychological aspects of prosthetic use, and of rehabilitative processes in those conditions that require the use of prosthetic devices.

Inhalt
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.