Synopses & Reviews
This text provides the reader an understanding of the mechanics of the joints with the help of diagrams rather than text. The commentaries are short (on double page spreads); the quality, clarity and simplicity of the drawings and diagrams are such that they could be understood without any verbal explanation. The drawings are unusually clear: everything which could hinder understanding has been removed and one feels that the author has foreseen the difficulties which the student could encounter. Each time a problem arises it is explained by a diagram which, though simplified, is extremely clear.
Synopsis
372 pages
- New functional tests for the shoulder, the elbow and the hand
- Explanation of why the forearm has two bones
- A logical and mathematical explanation of the so called CODMANN Paradox
- New conceptions of the physiology of the carpus
- Clear explanation of notions as DISI and VISI for the pathology of the carpus
- New cotation of the thumb opposition and counter-opposition, presently integrated in the International Evaluation
- Fundamental notion of the complex grip-plus-action, very important for the evaluation of the function of the hand
- Symbolic and affective value of the hand
- A comprehensive board of the motor nerves of the upper limb
- New test to detect an ulnar palsy at the forearm
- New functional tests for the shoulder, the elbow and the hand
- The explanation of why the forearm has two bones
- The logic and mathematical explanation of the so called CODMANN Paradox
- The new conceptions of the physiology of the carpus
- The clear explanation of notions as DISI and VISI for the pathology of the carpus
- The new cotation of the thumb opposition and counter-opposition, presently integrated in the International Evaluation
- The fundamental notion of the complex grip-plus-action, very important for the evaluation of the function of the hand
- The symbolic and affective value of the hand
- A comprehensive board of the motor nerves of the upper limb
- A new test to detect an ulnar palsy at the forearm.