Full Description
Hand Grasps and Manipulation Skills: Clinical Perspective of Development and Function, Second Edition is an expertly designed and logically organized text that provides an accurate and clear depiction of the development of hand grasps and the taxonomy of functional hand grasp.
Hand Grasps and Manipulation Skills, Second Edition by Sandra J. Edwards, Donna B. Gallen, Jenna D. McCoy-Powlen, and Michelle A. Suarez is full of concise and user-friendly text that is written to assist in understanding complex information. The photographs, illustrations and charts have been expanded in this Second Edition and present new content areas for students and clinicians to use in education and practice.
Hand Grasps and Manipulation Skills, Second Edition is unique in that it is also the only text on the market that contains this comprehensive pictorial information about hands and their grasps. Additional unique features include rare information about in utero development of the hand, left handedness, scissor skill development, in hand manipulation skills, and extensive information regarding clinical application.
Hand Grasps and Manipulation Skills, Second Edition is a text that can be used as a career long reference. It provides all the pertinent and comprehensive information for students to learn about the development of the hand in one place, and is expertly and thoroughly referenced with the latest research.
Hand Grasps and Manipulation Skills: Clinical Perspective of Development and Function, Second Edition provides clear information on a very specific subject, which makes it the ideal reference for occupational therapy professors, students and clinicians; mechanical engineers, computer software instructors, and engineers working in robotics; medical students and orthopedic hand surgeons.
Contents
Dedication Acknowledgments About the AuthorsPreface Foreword by Barbara Rider, PhD, OT/L, FAOTA and Fred Sammons, DPS, OT/L, FAOTAIntroduction Chapter 1 How to Observe and Examine the Hand for Grasp and Manipulation Chapter 2 Pictorial View of the Structure of the Hand as Related to Grasp Chapter 3 In Utero Development of the Hand Reflexes and Grasp Hand Movements In Utero Gestational Development Related to the Hand and Grasp Hand Movements Chapter 4 Primitive Reflexes That Influence Grasp Asymmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex Asymmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex: Quadrupedal Position Traction Response Avoiding Response Palmar Grasp Reflex Instinctive Grasp Reflex Chapter 5 Development of Grasp Reflex Squeeze Grasp Crude Palmar Grasp Palmar Grasp Radial Palmar Grasp Raking Grasp Radial Digital Grasp Developmental Scissors Grasp Inferior Pincer Grasp Three Jaw Chuck Pincer Grasp Neat Pincer Grasp Chapter 6 Development of Object and In-Hand Manipulation Skills Development of Object Manipulation Development of Object Release Development of In-Hand Manipulation Finger-to-Palm Translation Palm-to-Finger Translation Simple Shift Reciprocal Shift Complex Shift Simple Rotation Complex Rotation Chapter 7 Grasps for Handwriting Left-Handed Writing Posture Primitive Grasp Patterns Radial Cross Palmar Grasp Palmar Supinate Grasp Digital Pronate Grasp Brush Grasp Grasp With Extended Fingers Transitional Grasp Patterns Static Quadrupod Grasp Cross Thumb Grasp Static Tripod Grasp Mature Grasp Patterns Lateral Tripod Grasp Dynamic Quadrupod Grasp Lateral Quadrupod Grasp Dynamic Tripod Grasp Interdigital Tripod Grasp Additional Pencil Grasps Chapter 8 Development of Scissors Grasps and Skills Scissors Use in Toddlers Scissors Use in Preschool-Aged Children Scissors Use During Elementary School Years Scissors Use Into Adulthood Chapter 9 Functional Hand Grasps Power Grasps Cylindrical Grasp Hammer Grasp Oblique Palmar Grasp Opposed Palmar Grasp Palmar Grasp Reverse Transverse Palmar Grasp Ring Grasp Spherical Grasp Combination of Power and Precision Grasps Diagonal Volar Grasp Ventral Grasp Precision Grasps Disc Grasp Dynamic Lateral Tripod Grasp Inferior Pincer Grasp Lateral Pinch Pad-to-Pad Grasp Three Jaw Chuck Tip Pinch Transverse Digital Grasp Miscellaneous Grasps Functional Scissors Grasp Hook Grasp Interdigital Grasp Lumbrical Grasp Raking Grasp Nonprehensile Hand MovementsFinancial Disclosures Index
