Developmental and Functional Hand Grasps

At last! A reference that has organized grasps into a concise, beautifully illustrated text for clarity and accuracy.

Developmental and Functional Hand Grasps is designed to identify, illustrate, and describe the complexity of grasps in a clear, user-friendly manner. Faculty, clinicians, and students will find that this accurate and comprehensive text addresses essential developmental, precision, and power grasps as well as handwriting grasps for use in evaluation, treatment, and research. The functional aspects of grasps, anatomical features, and interesting facts are highlighted in the chapter, “Functional Hand Grasps.”

Developmental and Functional Hand Grasps is a significant book with information on 48 grasps, taxonomy of the hand, structure of the hand, and how to observe the hand. The text’s format has a clear, accurate photo and a detailed description of each grasp. An additional feature inside this essential resource is the comprehensive spreadsheets, which summarize grasps and the numerous references by authors past and present. An extensive reference list completes this unique and necessary text.

This is a very good reference on a very specific topic. Although concise, the book is comprehensive enough to be useful to instructors, therapists, and students.”  Terry Peralta, MA, PhD Candidate, Doody Enterprises, Inc.

I would consider this book a valuable resource for both occupational therapy students and practicing therapists The tables that compare the different names and the use of photographs to clearly show the specific grasps are excellent.” Jane Henry, Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy.

"This is an informative text that would assist both clinicians and students to gain a broader and deeper perspective of developmental/functional grasps. I know of no other text to be so comprehensive and specifically detailed."  

— Susan Amundson, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA, O.T.KIDS, INC., Spokane, WA

 "No other text covers this information in a comprehensive way."  

— Jane Case-Smith, EdD, OTR/L, FAOTA, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

"Developmental and Functional Hand Grasps is the most valuable book on this topic published in recent years. I found it to be an exciting but easy read, with logical organization, comprehensive inclusion of theoretical approaches, and exactly the right kinds of photos and drawings."  

— Rhoda P. Erhardt, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA, Erhardt Developmental Products