Madeleine Mooney & Claire Ireson 
Occupational Therapy in Orthopaedics and Trauma 

This book fills a gap in providing specialist information on orthopaedics and trauma occupational therapy. Its contributors bring together information on the aetiology, surgical input and the occupational therapy intervention appropriate to this client group. It is divided into two main sections, the first being orthopaedics and the second orthopaedic trauma. The first part is further subdivided to cover lower limb surgery, upper limb surgery, spinal conditions, and paediatric orthopaedic conditions. In Part two, principles of fracture management are covered, followed by pelvic and acetabular reconstruction, hand injuries and traumatic amputation.

Table of Content

List of Contributors v

Foreword vii

Preface viii

Acknowledgements xi

Part I Orthopaedics

1 Principles of orthopaedic surgery 3
Neil M. Orpen

2 Orthopaedic surgery for the lower limb 20
Neil M. Orpen

3 Occupational therapy following elective lower limb surgery 29
Alis Moores

4 Orthopaedic surgery for the upper limb 47
Oliver Pearce

5 Occupational therapy following elective upper limb surgery 72
Julie Upton

6 Spinal conditions: management and occupational therapy 92
Heather Mc Dowell

7 Paediatric orthopaedic surgery 110
Andrew M. Wainwright

8 Occupational therapy for children and young people with orthopaedic conditions 128
Natalie Evans

Part II Trauma

9 Principles of fracture management 153
Chris Harris

10 Occupational therapy within orthopaedic trauma 181
Madeleine Mooney

11 Pelvic and acetabular fractures: management and occupational therapy 195
Dawn Miller

12 Hand injuries 211
Neil Davidson and Daniel Brown

13 Occupational therapy for hand injuries 234
Kerry Sorby

14 Brachial plexus injury 250
Claire Ireson

15 Traumatic amputation: management and occupational therapy 255
Fiona Carnegie

Appendix: List of useful organisations 279
Index 285

About the author

Madeleine Mooney is Senior Occupational Therapist at the
Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust in
Liverpool, UK. She is past Chair of the College of Occupational
Therapists Specialist Section: Trauma and Orthopaedics (1999 –
2004).

Claire Ireson is Learning Environment Lead for
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust,
UK. She is former Head of Occupational Therapy Services at the
Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre NHS Trust, Oxford and past Chair of the
College of Occupational Therapists Specialist Section: Trauma and
Orthopaedics (2004 – 2008).