Upper limb injuries and handedness plasticity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9620440 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Georges Dellatolas (Inserm, corresponding author), Thierry Moreau (0000-0002-5257-4044, Inserm), Pierre Jallon (0000-0001-7554-0579, Hôpital Nestlé), Joseph Lellouch |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 84 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 201-205 |
| Publication date | 1993-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1269 • E-ISSN: 2044-8295 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1993.tb02473.x |
| PMID | 8319055 |
| OpenAlex | W1998800149 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
In a questionnaire survey of 9591 men between 17 and 27 years of age, there was an association between present handedness score and report of an earlier injury causing a temporary shift of hand use. The proportion of weak right‐handers was higher among those who reported injuries. Overall, there was no association between left‐handedness and injuries. Nevertheless, injuries occurring before the school attendance age, which concerned only a very small fraction of the respondents, were associated with an increased frequency of left‐handedness. The data emphasize the plasticity of human handedness, and do not suggest that innate left‐ or non‐right‐handedness is a risk factor for accident occurrence
Association (psychology) · Attendance · Audiology · Developmental psychology · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Physical medicine and rehabilitation · Poison control · Risk factor · Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.09 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1993 - 2001 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |