by Ho Kim Kong Enoch. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1991. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 98-102). / ABSTRACT --- p.I / ACKNOWLEDGMENT --- p.IV / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.V / LIST OF TABLES --- p.VIII / LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS --- p.X / Chapter CHAPTER 1 - --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1-5 / Chapter 1.1 --- Introduction / Chapter 1.2 --- Questions address / Chapter 1.3 --- Definition / Chapter CHAPTER 2 - --- LITERATURAL REVIEW - DEVELOPMENT OF HAND FUNCTION TESTS --- p.6-14 / Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction / Chapter 2.2 --- Trends of studies of hand injury in Hong Kong / Chapter 2.3 --- Previous studies to compare and relate physical and functional impairment / Chapter 2.4 --- Conclusion / Chapter CHAPTER 3 - --- FUNCTION ASSESSMENT - CRITERIA FOR THE EVALUATION --- p.15-28 / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction / Chapter 3.2 --- Functional Anatomy / Chapter 3.3 --- Grip force study / Chapter 3.4 --- Sensation / Chapter 3.5 --- Functional assessment / Chapter 3.6 --- Conclusion / Chapter CHAPTER 4 - --- METHODOLOGY --- p.29-43 / Chapter 4.1 --- Subject selection / Chapter 4.2 --- Organization / Chapter 4.3 --- Physical assessment / Chapter 4.4 --- Functional assessment / Chapter 4.5 --- Evaluation of loss of earning capacity / Chapter 4.6 --- Control group / Chapter 4.7 --- Statistical analysis / Chapter CHAPTER 5 - --- RESULT --- p.44-57 / Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction / Chapter 5.2 --- Subject characteristics / Chapter 5.3 --- Result of individual tests / Chapter 5.4 --- Assessment of loss of earning capacity / Chapter 5.5 --- Hand function assessment after return to work / Chapter 5.6 --- Effect of severity of injury / Chapter CHAPTER 6 - --- DISCUSSION --- p.58-67 / Chapter 6.1 --- Introduction / Chapter 6.2 --- Impairment of hand function in finger amputation / Chapter 6.3 --- The effect of return to work / Chapter 6.4 --- Official schema for assessment of percentage of loss of earning capacity / Chapter 6.5 --- Severity of injury and the outcome / Chapter 6.6 --- The hand assessment protocol / Chapter CHAPTER 7 - --- CONCLUSION --- p.68-70 / APPENDIX --- p.71-90 / ILLUSTRATIONS --- p.91-97 / REFERENCES --- p.98-102