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Hand Therapy

Hand Therapy

Published in Association with British Association of Hand Therapists

eISSN: 17589991 | ISSN: 17589983 | Current volume: 29 | Current issue: 2 Frequency: Quarterly

This internationally leading, peer-reviewed journal is dedicated to the publication of review articles, research articles, audits and case reports covering all aspects of hand rehabilitation and its related fields. Hand Therapy is an essential journal for anyone working in orthopaedics, plastic surgery, rheumatology and rehabilitation with a specific focus on the upper extremity.

Members of BAHT receive the journal as part of their membership fee.

Official Journal of the British Association of Hand Therapists (BAHT) and the European Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy. Affiliated with the International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy (IFSHT).

This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)

Hand Therapy is a peer-reviewed journal aimed at hand therapists and surgeons, occupational therapists and physiotherapists and other hand specialists. Its purpose is to publish original articles and short reports on the theory and practice of hand therapy and related fields. Suitable material is not limited to the practice of physiotherapy and occupational therapy for the hand, but includes related fields where these are a matter of interest to those in the practice of hand therapy.

Official Journal of the British Association of Hand Therapists (BAHT) and the European Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy. Affiliated with the International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy (IFSHT).

Editor-in-Chief
Tara Packham McMaster University, Canada
Editorial Board
Miranda Buhler, PhD, MPhtY, HTNZ Reg. Hand Therapist University of Otago and Southern District Health Board, NZ
Shrikant J. Chinchalkar, M.Th.O, B.Sc.OT, OTR, CHT Advanced Clinical Education Inc., Mississauga, Ontario, CANADA
Sandeep Rajiv Deshmukh MB/BChir, MA (Cantab), FRCS (Tr & Orth), PGCert (Clin Res), PhD Pulvertaft Hand Centre, Derby, UK
Janine Hareau PhD, OT, Pt, HT Escuela Universitaria de Tecnología Medica, Montevideo, Uruguay
Daniel Harte, MClinRes BSc (Hons) OT Southern Health and Social Trust, UK
Susan de Klerk , PhD, B OT, DHT, MOT Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Cecilia li-Tsang WAI ping PhD, MPhil,PDOT, OTC Hongkong Polytechnic, Hongkong
Nicola Massy-Westropp B App Sc O.T., Hons (Anatomy), CHT (USA), M. Health, PhD University of South Australia, Australia
Dr Lisa Newington, BSc(hons), MSc, PhD, AHT(BAHT) Queen Mary University London and Bart’s Health NHS Trust, London, UK
Çigdem Öksüz, Pt, PhD Hacettepe University Health Sciences Faculty Occupational Therapy Department, Turkey
Anna Pratt (MSc, PGCertTLHE, Dip COT) Royal College of Occupational Therapists, UK
Sonia Ranelli BSc(Physiotherapy), MSc(Oxon), PhD Curtin University Perth, Australia
Fiona Sandford (PhD, MSc, BSc (Hons), MCSP) Guys and St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK
Justin Wormald, MBBS MRes MRCS Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS), University of Oxford,UK
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