Main 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 Authors

Preface

Foreword by Barbara Rider, PhD, OT/L, FAOTA and Fred Sammons, DPS, OT/L, FAOTA

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

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 Movements

Financial Disclosures

Index