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Title Sensorimotor control of grasping : physiology and pathophysiology / edited by Dennis A. Nowak and Joachim Hermsdörfer
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 509 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
Contents Methodology -- The physiology of grasping -- The pathophysiology of grasping -- Therapy of impaired grasping
Summary The human hand can take on a huge variety of shapes and functions, providing its owner with a powerful hammer at one time or a delicate pair of forceps at another. The universal utility of the hand is even more enhanced by the ability to amplify the function of the hand by using tools. To understand and appreciate how the human brain controls movements of the hand, it is important to investigate both the healthy motor behaviour and dysfunction during everyday manipulative tasks. This book provides a contemporary summary of the physiology and pathophysiology of the manipulative and exploratory functions of the human hand. With contributions from scientists and clinical researchers of biomechanics, kinesiology, neurophysiology, psychology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, it covers the development of healthy human grasping over the lifespan, the wide spectrum of disability in the pathological state and links basic motor research with modern brain sciences
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Hand -- Physiology
Hand -- Pathophysiology
Motor Skills -- physiology
Motor Skills Disorders -- physiopathology
Somatosensory Disorders
MEDICAL -- Physiology.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Human Anatomy & Physiology.
Hand -- Physiology
Form Electronic book
Author Nowak, Dennis A.
Hermsdörfer, Joachim.
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