Foot Problems in Older People - Assessment and Management #16557

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By Hylton Menz, PhD, BPod(Hons)

Churchill Livingstone
ISBN: 978-0-08-045032-2

Description

Foot Problems in Older People provides a comprehensive guide to the assessment and management of foot and ankle problems in older people. Areas covered include the epidemiology of foot problems, functional implications, assessment of the older person with foot problems, common foot problems and their management, foot and ankle manifestations of common systemic conditions, wound management, footwear and orthotic considerations, surgical considerations and outcome assessment. Each chapter provides a comprehensive and critical review of the literature as well as providing practical evidence-based guidelines for clinicians. Author Hylton B Menz uses his detailed and extensive knowledge of the subject to provide a critique of the strengths and limitations of existing literature and to present in this easy-to-access volume a thoroughly practical, clinically orientated and evidence-based guide.
Key Features

* Many practical and evidence-based guidelines
* Comprehensive and critical review of literature
* Full colour throughout
* The only detailed book on the subject for podiatrists, physiotherapists and other healthcare professionals
* Essential reading for podiatry students and practitioners

Table of Contents

Population ageing. Biological theories of ageing. Physiological changes in the ageing of the foot and ankle. Epidemiology of foot problems in older people. Functional implications of foot problems in older people. Assessment of the older patient. Common foot problems and their management. Foot and ankle manifestations of common systemic conditions. Wound management in older people. Footwear and orthotic considerations. Surgical considerations. Outcome measurement. Geriatrics as a specialty area.

280 pages 274 ills
Trim size 246 X 189 mm
Copyright 2008
Hardcover

Author Information

By Hylton Menz, PhD, BPod(Hons), Associate Professor and Reader Director, Musculoskeletal Research Centre, La Trobe University, Australia