"This book is a superior resource for a new therapist in the field and an excellent teaching tool for students. For the hand therapist, it is an up-to-date reference. The author has taken her vast knowledge base and presented it in very clear terms. Impressive!"Doody's Health Sciences, July 2001be essential reading for any non-hand specialist involved in the assessment and care of patients suffering common hand conditions" Ian Winspur, FRCS, FACS,, Journal of Orthopaedic Medicine 24/01/02as a useful addition to departmental librariesfor students on placement or new therapists." Dr Barbara Steward, Research and Development Officer British Association of Hand Therapists, British Journal of Occupational Therapy, January 2003

• Assessment; Treatment principles and tools; Flexor tendons; Extensor tendons; Peripheral nerve injuries; Tendon transfers; Peripheral nerve entrapment; Conditions of the wrist and finger tendons; Dupuytren's contracture; Fractures of the hand; Joint injuries of the fingers and thumb; The wrist; Amputations - digital and partial hand; The arthritic hand; The complex hand injury; Microvascular free tissue transfer; The burnt hand; Chronic regional pain syndrome

"This book is a superior resource for a new therapist in the field and an excellent teaching tool for students. For the hand therapist, it is an up-to-date reference. The author has taken her vast knowledge base and presented it in very clear terms. Impressive!"Doody's Health Sciences, July 2001be essential reading for any non-hand specialist involved in the assessment and care of patients suffering common hand conditions" Ian Winspur, FRCS, FACS,, Journal of Orthopaedic Medicine 24/01/02as a useful addition to departmental librariesfor students on placement or new therapists." Dr Barbara Steward, Research and Development Officer British Association of Hand Therapists, British Journal of Occupational Therapy, January 2003

• Assessment; Treatment principles and tools; Flexor tendons; Extensor tendons; Peripheral nerve injuries; Tendon transfers; Peripheral nerve entrapment; Conditions of the wrist and finger tendons; Dupuytren's contracture; Fractures of the hand; Joint injuries of the fingers and thumb; The wrist; Amputations - digital and partial hand; The arthritic hand; The complex hand injury; Microvascular free tissue transfer; The burnt hand; Chronic regional pain syndrome