Hand preference for unimanual and bimanual tasks: Evidence from questionnaires and preferential reaching

Salters, Danielle; Benson, Sara M. Scharoun

doi:10.1080/1357650x.2021.1990313

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“…These authors reported that the dominant arm had a higher choice rate than the non-dominant arm, which was related to a smaller error at the endpoint and a linear reach trajectory. Furthermore, some studies used a task that combined reaching and grasping and/or pouring water into a cup [19][20][21][22] . The studies of the grasping and pouring movements suggest that factors such as cup handle orientation are related to arm choice, independent of the cost of the reach.…”

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Relevant factors for arm choice in reaching movement: a scoping review

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Arm choice is an unconscious action selection performed in daily life. Even if hemiparetic stroke patients can use their paretic arm, they compensate for their movements with their non-paretic arm, leading to decreased function of their paretic arm. Therefore, we need to encourage stroke patients to actively use their paretic arm. For this purpose, it is imperative to understand the process of selection of the left or right hand by patients. Here, we conducted a scoping review to summarize the findings of previous studies on factors and brain regions related to choice of arm. [Methods] We used PubMed/Medline, EBSCO, and the Cochrane Library to obtain research literature according to the PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews guidelines. [Results] Twenty-five of the 81 articles obtained from the search met the defined criteria. Cost, success, and dominance were investigated as relevant factors for arm choice. We also extracted articles examining the relationship between the posterior parietal and premotor cortex activity and arm choice. [Conclusion] From these results, we considered ways to facilitate the use of the paretic arm, such as the use of virtual reality systems or exoskeletal robots to modulate the reaching cost and success rates, or non-invasive brain stimulation methods to modulate brain activity.

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Relevant factors for arm choice in reaching movement: a scoping review

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“…However, the current results also suggested that the impact of providing upper extremity assistance may vary across tasks. Similarly, previous research showed that displayed hand preferences might depend on nature of the task (e.g., unimanual vs. bimanual [104]), skill level required (e.g., skilled vs. unskilled tasks, complex vs. easy tasks [105][106][107]), location of the presented object (e.g., left-space vs. right-space, midline position vs. contralateral space [72,[104][105][106]108]), the number of object presentations (e.g., 9 vs. 32 [109], and the object type (e.g., tool vs. dowel [105]).…”

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Hand-Use Preferences for Reaching and Object Exploration in Children with Impaired Upper Extremity Functioning: The Role of Environmental Affordances

Babik,

Lobo

2023

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Infants and young children with weakened or impaired upper extremity functioning often develop a strong hand-use “preference” for reaching and object manipulation. While “preferring” their stronger hand, they often partially or completely ignore their “non-preferred” hand. Such manual lateralization might impede complex object exploration, which would negatively affect children’s cognitive development. The question is whether environmental affordances would significantly affect children’s manifested hand-use “preferences” by promoting the use of the “non-preferred” hand. The current sample included 17 children (5 males; 13.9 ± 8.7 months at baseline) with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (arthrogryposis). The reaching and object exploration of the children were evaluated longitudinally across a 6-month period with and without the Playskin LiftTM exoskeletal garment (Playskin). Results showed that the use of the Playskin increased both unimanual and bimanual object contact. Also, when anti-gravity support was provided to the arms by the Playskin, children significantly increased the use of their non-preferred hand, which correlated with improved quality of object play—more bimanual object interaction and greater intensity, variability, and complexity of exploration. These findings suggest that hand-use “preference” in children with arthrogryposis is quite malleable during early development. It is likely that children with impaired upper extremity functioning do not “prefer” to use a particular hand but, rather, cannot afford using both hands due to their limited muscular or manual abilities. Importantly, environmental affordances (i.e., anti-gravity support for the arms) might significantly affect the early development of manual lateralization, with potential implications for children’s quality of object exploration and future cognitive development.

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Potter Gestures and Work Direction in Southwest Ceramics with Exposed Coiling and Corrugation

Woodhead

2023

KIVA

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Hand preference for unimanual and bimanual tasks: Evidence from questionnaires and preferential reaching

Cited by 4 publications

References 38 publications

Relevant factors for arm choice in reaching movement: a scoping review

Relevant factors for arm choice in reaching movement: a scoping review

Hand-Use Preferences for Reaching and Object Exploration in Children with Impaired Upper Extremity Functioning: The Role of Environmental Affordances

Potter Gestures and Work Direction in Southwest Ceramics with Exposed Coiling and Corrugation

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