The seventh edition of this volume deals with the upper limb and has been expanded with the inclusion of new diagrams and text. In particular, it explains:

• the concepts of DISI and VISI,  employing the author’s own “parable of the three friends”
• the transition to bipedalism
• automatic swinging of the upper limb during walking
• the extension of the body schema through the hand
• prehension during evolution

This book is intended for medical and physical therapy students, and for practicing physicians and surgeons wishing to increase their knowledge of the functional anatomy of the locomotor system.