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QUALITY OF CARE… is our focus of service at the Vanderbilt Hand and Upper Extremity Center. Highly skilled certified hand therapists and occupational therapists provide hand therapy services to those with injuries and medical conditions relating to the hand and upper extremity. We utilize the team approach – physician, patient, and therapist – to develop an individualized therapy program for each patient. Together we work to gain the maximum functional recovery and outcomes for our patients.

Services provided include:

    • Evaluation
    • Exercise Programs
    • Custom Fabricated Splints
    • Wound Care Management
    • Edema Control Management
    • Scar Management
    • Modalities – Thermal and Electrical
    • Activities of Daily Living and Functional Use Training
    • Strengthening Programs
    • Functional Capacity Evaluation

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Oncology Rehab Program Reporter Article - May 2, 2008

Sheila Gaffney's poster on Musculoskeletal Sarcom was accepted at the 2008 APTA CSM meeting in February.

Hung Do, Jimmy Gilmore, Shane Kerlin and Darrell Lee and Julie Neaderthal receive certified MDT status (spine rehab) from McKenzie International!

VUMC Rehabilitation Oncology Program will present “A rehabilitation oncology program for recipients of stem cell transplantation (sct): an evidence-based pilot program” at the American Physical Therapy Association’s Combined Sections Meeting, February 2008.

Drs. Ann Marie Flores (VUMC Rehabilitation Oncology Program) & Dr. Nancy Roberge, Chestnut Hill PT Associates, Wellesley, MA) will also present a session at the 2008 APTA CSM meeting entitled “Mock Breast Tumor Board.”
Dr. Flores will also preside over the Section for Women’s Health Research Platforms as Director of Research for the APTA SOWH.




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