Getting old and cancer: hand-in-hand?

Reliability of the Modified In-hand Manipulation Test and the Relationship Between In-hand Manipulation and Handwriting

Objectives: This study aimed at analyzing the test-retest and interrater reliabilities of the Test of In-Hand Manipulation-Modified (TIHM-M), as well as the relationship between in-hand manipulation and handwriting. Methods: We administered the TIHM-M twice, two days apart, and the Beknopte Beoordelingsmethode voor Kinder Handschriften (BHK) - Concise Assessment Method for children’s handwriti...

Prevalence of Hand, Foot and Facial warts Amongst the 6-17 Years - Old Students of Rasht

ABSTRACT Wart is one of the most common contagious dermatologic diseases throughout the world, which allocate high funds for therapeutic, cosmetic and hygienic works in a society. It seems that school children are more susceptible to infection due to the closely extensive contacts with each other. Thus, with the aim of detecting the prevalance of wart in the exposed areas in school children i...

Second - hand Smoke and Cancer

Hand preference side and its relation to hand preference switch history among old and oldest-old adults.

The last 10 years of research on adult hand preference patterns have generated a controversy over the meaning of the difference in the incidence rates of left- and right-hand preference in older adult samples (> 60 years old) when compared to samples of younger individuals (< 30 years old). Age differences in hand preference prevalence often are studied with large, cross-sectional age samples; ...

Comparing Dominant and Non-Dominant Hand Performance with Force Changes In a Two-Hand Equilibrium Task: A Challenge to Dominant Hand Theories

Objective: Although most studies believe that the dominant hand performs better than the non-dominant hand in performing various tasks, there is still the challenge among researchers as to why the non-dominant hand performs better than the dominant hand in certain situations and tasks. The aim of this study was to compare dominant and non-dominant hand performance with force changes in a two-ha...