This text provides the reader an understanding of the mechanics of the joints with the help of diagrams rather than text. The commentaries are short (on double page spreads); the quality, clarity and simplicity of the drawings and diagrams are such that they could be understood without any verbal explanation.

The drawings are unusually clear: everything which could hinder understanding has been removed and one feels that the author has foreseen the difficulties which the student could encounter. Each time a problem arises it is explained by a diagram which, though simplified, is extremely clear.

• New functional tests for the shoulder, the elbow and the hand
• Explanation of why the forearm has two bones
• A logical and mathematical explanation of the so called CODMANN Paradox
• New conceptions of the physiology of the carpus
• Clear explanation of notions as DISI and VISI for the pathology of the carpus
• New cotation of the thumb opposition and counter-opposition, presently integrated in the International Evaluation
• Fundamental notion of the complex grip-plus-action, very important for the evaluation of the function of the hand
• Symbolic and affective value of the hand
• A comprehensive board of the motor nerves of the upper limb
• New test to detect an ulnar palsy at the forearm

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