Preface. Work, Play, Love: The Marvel of the Human Hand
by E. F. Shaw Wilgis vii
Introduction. Touched: Hands+Environment=Life
by E. F. Shaw Wilgis 1
Chapter 1 Form Follows Function: The Anatomy of the Hand
by Ryan D. Katz 5
Chapter 2 Less (or More) than a Perfect 10: Congenital Differences
by Michael A. McClinton 16
Chapter 3 It's Only a Game: The Athlete's Hand
by Thomas J. Graham 39
Chapter 4 Worn Down but Not Out: The Arthritic Hand
by Kevin C. Chung 54
Chapter 5 Good Vibrations: The Musician's Hand
by Raymond A. Wittstadt 66
Chapter 6 See What You Mean: Hearing with Your Eyes and Speaking with Your Hands in American Sign Language
by Rebecca J. Saunders 83
Chapter 7 Life Is What Happens When You're Busy Making Other Plans: Injuries at Work and at Home
by Keith A. Segalman 93
Chapter 8 When Disease Hurts the Hand: Diabetes and the Hand
by Kenneth R. Means 112
Chapter 9 Sense and Sensibility: Seeing the World with Braille and Understanding Nerve Impairment Syndromes
by Neal B. Zimmerman 125
Chapter 10 The Renoir Effect: Contractures and Spasticity
by Christopher L. Forthman 142
Chapter 11 Where Do We Go from Here? Future Innovations in Hand Surgery
by James P. Higgins 158
Resources 177
List of Contributors 179
Index 181