Hand Pain and Impairment

Nowhere in the human body is a thorough grasp of functional anatomy so important to the understanding of normal function as in the hand. This edition enhances this knowledge by describing and illustrating proper techniques of clinical examination, based upon functional and gross anatomy. It highlights techniques of examination and pathophysiology and contains enlarged sections on spasticity, burns, infections and bracing.

CONTENTS:
Functional anatomy -- Nerve control of the hand -- Reflex sympathetic dystrophy -- Tendons: injuries and diseases -- Fractures and dislocations of the finger and hand -- Joints: injuries and diseases -- The spastic hand -- Hand burns -- Infections and vascular impairment of the hand -- Splinting the hand.