Developmental and Functional Hand Grasps

2002 • 148 pages • EN

Written by Sandra J. Edwards, Donna J. Buckland, Jenna McCoy-Powlen

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