TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - The Wrist and Hand A1 - KISNER, CAROLYN A1 - COLBY, LYNN A1 - ARMSTRONG, CINDY JOHNSON A2 - Kisner, Carolyn A2 - Colby, Lynn Allen A2 - Borstad, John PY - 2018 T2 - Therapeutic Exercise: Foundations and Techniques, 7e AB - The wrist is the final link of joints that positions the hand for functional activities. It functions to control the length-tension relationship of the multiarticular muscles of the hand as they adjust to various activities. The wrist is often considered the most complex joint of the body, both from an anatomical and physiological perspective. However, there are two points of consensus regarding the wrist: (1) the structure and biomechanics of the wrist as well as the hand vary significantly from person to person and (2) even subtle variations can produce differences in the way a particular functional activity occurs.9 The hand is a valuable tool through which we control and manipulate our environment and express ideas and talents. It also has an important function of providing sensory feedback to the central nervous system. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - fadavisat.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1169777883 ER -