Muscles, Nerves and Movement (eBook)

Barbara Tyldesley and June Grieve are the authors of Muscles, Nerves and Movement: In Human Occupation, 3rd Edition, published by Wiley.

SECTION I: INTRODUCTION TO MOVEMENT.

1: Basic Units, Structure and Function: Supporting Tissues,Muscle and Nerve.

2: Movement Terminology.

3: The Central Nervous System: The Brain and Spinal Cord.

4: The Peripheral Nervous System: Cranial and Spinal Nerves.

SECTION II: ANATOMY OF MOVEMENT IN EVERYDAY LIVING.

5: Positioning Movements of the Shoulder and Elbow.

6: Manipulative Movements: The Forearm, Wrist and Hand.

7: The Nerve Supply of the Upper Limb.

8: Support and Propulsion: The Lower Limb.

9: Nerve Supply of the Lower Limb.

10: Upright Posture and Breathing: The Trunk.

SECTION III: SENSORIMOTOR CONTROL OF MOVEMENT.

11: Sensory Background to Movement.

12: Motor Control.

SECTION IV: HUMAN OCCUPATION: COMPONENTS AND SKILLS.

13: Performance of Functional Movements.

14: Occupational Performance

Review comments from the 2nd edition:
"Its...focus on movement within daily activity makes it anespecially valuable text for the occupational therapy student and auseful refresher for the practising, returning or refocusingpractitioner"
British Journal of Occupational Therapy, January 1997

"I would recommend this book as a useful support text forundergraduate physiotherapists studying kinesiology"
Physiotherapy, April 1997