Motor control
Introduction The motor system moves the arms in skilful activity and the legs in walking, and at the same time controls the background posture of the whole body. The same…
The peripheral nervous system: cranial and spinal nerves
Introduction The peripheral nervous system provides the link between the central nervous system and all parts of the body. The nerves of the peripheral nervous system transmit information to and…
Nerve supply of the upper limb
Introduction Upper limb function depends on five roots of origin of spinal nerves in the neck. These spinal roots branch and join in a complex manner forming the brachial plexus,…
Occupational performance skills and capacities
Multiple factors in control of occupational performance skills The execution of skills is seen in movements which are the outcome of the integration of muscular and neural components of motor…
Sensory background to movement
Somatosensory system The functions of the somatosensory system are: to monitor the contact of objects and surfaces with the skin, particularly the hands and feet; to report the position of…
Nerve supply of the lower limb
Introduction The first four lumbar nerves form the lumbar plexus, which lies embedded in the psoas muscle in the posterior abdominal wall. A second sacral plexus is formed from the…
Occupational performance
Introduction People are occupational beings. From very early childhood they explore the world around them to discover the ways in which they can learn about, manipulate, utilise and dominate their…
Nonoperative Management and Rehabilitation of the Hip
CHAPTER 7 Nonoperative Management and Rehabilitation of the Hip RobRoy L. Martin, Keelan R. Enseki Introduction The growing interest in musculoskeletal-related hip pathology is largely related to the evolution of…
Arthroscopic Femoral Osteoplasty
CHAPTER 19 Arthroscopic Femoral Osteoplasty Marc R. Safran Introduction In 1995, Ganz first described femoroacetabular impingement (FAI), and, in 1999, it was introduced into the English literature. Although the first…
Vascularized Fibular Grafting for Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head
CHAPTER 31 Vascularized Fibular Grafting for Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head J. Mack Aldridge, III, James R. Urbaniak Introduction The first documented report of osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH)…
