Hand grasps and manipulation skills : clinical perspective of development and function
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Foreword by Barbara Rider, PhD, OT/L, FAOTA and Fred Sammons, DPS, OT/L, FAOTA.
(2nd ed.)
--Thorofare, NJ:
Slack
, c2018.
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- Online
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 als…
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- Author
- Edwards, Sandra J.
- Other Authors
- Gallen, Donna B.
- McCoy-Powlen, Jenna D.
- Suarez, Michelle A.
- Responsibility
- Foreword by Barbara Rider, PhD, OT/L, FAOTA and Fred Sammons, DPS, OT/L, FAOTA
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Former Title
- Developmental & functional hand grasps
- Place of Publication
- Thorofare, NJ
- Publisher
- Slack
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource, xx, 208 pages : illustrations
- ISBN
- 9781630912895 (web)
- 9781630912888 (epub)
- 9781630912871 (alk. paper)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Hand - growth & development
- Hand Strength - physiology
- Specialty
- Orthopedics
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Language
- English
- Abstract
- 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
- Introduction -- 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 -- Chapter 4. Primitive Reflexes That Influence Grasp -- Chapter 5. Development of Grasp -- Chapter 6. Development of Object and In-Hand Manipulation Skills -- Chapter 7. Grasps for Handwriting -- Chapter 8. Development of Scissors Grasps and Skills -- Chapter 9. Functional Hand Grasps -- Financial Disclosures
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Copies
- 1
