Developmental and Functional Hand Grasps

Developmental and Functional Hand Grasps
ISBN-10
1556425449
ISBN-13
9781556425448
Category
Disability evaluation
Pages
135
Language
English
Published
2002
Publisher
SLACK Incorporated
Authors
Sandra J. Edwards, Donna J. Buckland, Jenna McCoy-Powlen

Description

Provides guidelines for examining the hand of a patient in relation to grasp and classifying the grasp pattern. The book provides pictorial illustrations of the structure of the hand and the developmental stages of grasping, then describes 12 pencil grasps used for handwriting and 23 grasps used to perform occupational tasks involved in daily living. The descriptions are accompanied by black and white photographs. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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