Chapter 2. Prehension

Appendix B - Taxonomies of Prehension 379
Table B 3 (continued) Postures consisting of combinations of oppositions. For
each virtual finger, one or more real fingers or the palm are used. When
fingers are not being used in one of these oppositions, they may be used as
aVF3 alone or in tandem with the oppositions. P=palm, T=thumb, kindex
finger, M=middle finger, R=ring figer, L=little finger (adapted from Iberall
et al., 1988 and Iberall et al., 1991)
ID Opposition 1 Opposition 2 VF3
OPP VF1 VF2 OPP VF1 VF2 (optional)
Two opposition postures
IV 35. PALM P
36. PALM P
37. PALM P
38. PALM P
39. PALM P
40. PALM P
41. PALM P
42. PALM P
43. PALM P
44. PALM P
45 PALM P
V 46. PALM P
47. PALM P
48. PALM P
49. PALM P
50. PALM P
VI 51. PAD T
52. PAD T
53. PAD T
Three opposition postures
W 54. PALM P R-L
Virtual finger 3 only
WI 55.
56.
57.
58.
59.
I-M-R-L
I-M-R
M-R-L
I-M
M-R
R-L
I
M
R
L
R-L
M-R-L
R-L
L
M-R
R-L
I
R-L
I-M
SIDE T
SIDE T
SIDE T
SIDE T
SIDE T
SIDE T
SIDE T
SIDE T
SIDE T
SIDE T
SIDE T
PAD T
PAD T
PAD T
PAD T
PAD T
SIDE T
SIDE I
SIDE T
PAD T
I
I
I
I
I
I-M
I
I
I-M
I-M-R
M
I
I-M
M-R
I
M
M
M
P-R-L
L
R-L
L
M-R-L
R-L
L
I
I
L
I
R-L, radial P
Opposition 3
OPP VF1 VF2
I SIDE T M
VF3
P-T-I-M-R-L
I-M-R-L
I-M-R
I-M