The Year Book of Hand and Upper Limb Surgery, published by Elsevier, is an annual publication with abstracts of articles that reported the year's breakthrough developments in hand surgery and hand therapy. Articles are carefully selected from more than 500 journals worldwide, with expert commentaries that evaluate the clinical importance of each article and discuss its application to your practice. The 2013 book included abstracts from the following ASHT members. We congratulate each for their contributions to the practice of hand therapy: Shrikant Chinchalkar, BScOT, OTR, CHT Paul Lastayo, PhD, PT, CHT Joy MacDermid, BScPT, PhD Deborah Schwartz, OTR, CHT Kristin Valdes, OTR, PhD, CHT Rebecca von der Heyde, PhD, OTR, CHT