The purpose of this study was to investigate manual performance and thermal responses during low work intensity in persons wearing standard protective clothing in the petroleum industry when they were exposed to a range of temperatures (5, –5, –15 and –25°C) that are relevant to environmental conditions for petroleum industry personnel in northern regions. Twelve men participated in the study. ...

Microbiology laboratories use containment equipment such as safety cabinets and isolators or respiratory protective equipment to protect workers against aerosol infection hazards. There is a perception amongst microbiologists that using sharps within containment equipment would increase the operator’s chance of accidental injury due to losses of dexterity within containment and so respiratory p...

AIM To investigate tactile perception and manual dexterity, with or without visual feedback, in males with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). METHOD Forty males with DMD (mean age 9 y 8 mo, SD 2 y 3 mo; range 5-14 y), recruited from the teaching hospital of the School of Medicine of the University of São Paulo, with disease severity graded as '1' to '6' on the Vignos Scale and '1' on Brooke's...

The use of touch screens, which require a high level of manual dexterity, has exploded since the development of smartphone and tablet technology. Manual dexterity relies on effective corticospinal control of finger muscles, and we therefore hypothesized that corticospinal drive to finger muscles can be optimized by tablet-based motor practice. To investigate this, sixteen able-bodied females pr...

It is well documented that interval (INT) and continuous (CONT) exercise result in different patterns of blood flow and heat exchange in both heat 8 and cold. 9 Exercise can improve finger temperature 10, 11 and manual dexterity 12, 13 in the cold, but the type of exercise (interval vs. continuous cycling, matched for energy expenditure) has never been evaluated under this paradigm. Thus, we so...

Comorbidity and medication adherence Poor adherence to the prescribed therapy is highly prevalent in older patients. Prevailing evidence suggests that age per se should not be considered as a risk factor for poor adherence [2]. Lower educational level, less affluent economic status, cognitive/physical impairment, being assisted by foreign caregivers, and some chronic diseases, such as chronic r...

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the effect of upper extremity coordination exercises based on fatigue prediction on fine and gross manual dexterity, upper limb motor function, shoulder and elbow proprioception, occupational performance, and activities of daily living in chronic stroke survivors. Methods: In this pilot double-blind randomized clinical trial, 24 chronic strokes were ...

BACKGROUND: With the exception of specifi c clinical methods, no widely used diagnostic tool for motor development assessment of children exists in the Czech Republic. The Movement Assessment Battery for Children – second edition (MABC-2) seems to be one the most developed instruments for childrenʼs motor coordination assessment. However, to use it in the Czech population of children in educati...