A Basis for Comprehensively Assessing Overall Hand Function

A 100-page book equips the professional with a practical and exhaustive picture of hand function.

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This book provides a therapist with tools to compare a client’s or patient’s manual abilities with what a normal hand does. This is not just for orthopedic conditions, but also for neurological and other hand dysfunctions.

The tools are three taxonomies that cover most postures and movement patterns of the hand: (1) prehensile postures, (2) non-prehensile postures, and (3) in-hand movements.

The various hand configurations that form the components of these taxonomies were curated from thousands of carefully recorded laboratory observations of normal hand function. Each posture and movement pattern is precisely described and illustrated, with examples of how it occurs in daily life.