Left-hand dominance and hand trauma

Taras, John S.; Behrman, Michael; Degnan, Gregory G.

doi:10.1016/s0363-5023(05)80157-1

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“…It might be thought that the nondominant hand or the passive hand would be more prone to laceration and the active dominant hand to cutting injuries, but both dominant and non-dominant hands are at equal risk whatever the mechanism [27]. Our study demonstrated that left-hand dominant patients were more prone to injuring their dominant hands (60 %) compared to right-hand dominant patients (50 %), which is concurrent with the study conducted in the Philadelphia Hand Center, Philadelphia [28]. The presented data suggested that left-handed individuals had a relative risk of sustaining an amputating injury 4.9 times greater than the right-handed individuals, while minor hand trauma occurred at rates proportional to the distribution of left handedness within the population.…”

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Demographic Profile of Hand Injuries in an Industrial Town of North India: A Review of 436 Patients

Gupta

Uppal

et al. 2012

Indian J Surg

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There are not many injuries that rival the injured hand in complexity. A better understanding of biologic, behavioral, and socioeconomic risk factors potentially associated with hand injuries can help identify those individuals most at risk and define potential preventative measures to help reduce the incidence. We present a prospective study of 436 consecutive patients of hand and forearm injury treated over a period of 2 years. A serial recording of the demographic profile of the patient along with the type & cause of injury sustained, hand dominance, duration of hospital stay, time lag between injury and admission, type surgery preformed with intra-operative findings and the cost analysis was done. An expected male dominance in economically viable individuals of 21 to 30 years formed 50 % of the patients of which 22.9 % were labourers and students each. The malady was altercation (27.5 %) followed by industrial & road accidents. Post prandial period was most notorious with multiple neuro (27.05 %) vasculo (39.34 %) tendinous (60.66 %) injury common with even simple lacerations. Dominant hand injury was commonest. It is challenging to assess and treat an injured hand. This study defines the demography and the etiology behind the various cases of hand and forearm injury with the detailed trauma profile. The limitation of the study was absence of functional outcome. The necessity of hand trauma registry is a pre-requisite to quantify the burden of hand injuries and formulate a prevention strategy.

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Demographic Profile of Hand Injuries in an Industrial Town of North India: A Review of 436 Patients

Gupta

Uppal

et al. 2012

Indian J Surg

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“…Previous case studies of work-related and non-work-related (ie, occupational and nonoccupational) traumatic amputations have identified important risk factors in adults, adolescents, and children; amputations associated with exposure to consumer products (eg, power saws, chainsaws, snow blowers, lawnmowers, sharp-edged instruments, gunshot wounds, farm machinery, doors) have been described. [1][2][3][4][5] A previous population-based study using state-based hospital discharge data examined the demographic characteristics and external causes of those hospitalized for all types of traumatic limb amputations. 6 Discharge rates were higher for male patients than for female patients; minor amputations (eg, fingers, hands, toes) were highest for older teenagers and young adults, and major amputations (eg, arms, legs, feet) were highest for older adults.…”

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Non–Work-Related Finger Amputations in the United States, 2001-2002

Conn

Annest

Ryan

et al. 2005

Annals of Emergency Medicine

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“…This is in agreement with previous investigations regarding the prevalence of hand dominance in the general population. 8 Despite finding that the overwhelming majority of patients were right-hand dominant, and contrary to the authors' hypothesis, CTS, DEQ, OA, and TF were equally distributed between dominant and nondominant hands. However, LE was seen more frequently in the dominant hand for both men and women, although the proportion was still rather low (60/40 dominant/nondominant).…”

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Hand Dominance and Common Hand Conditions

Lutsky¹,

Kim²,

Medina³

et al. 2016

Orthopedics

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The goals of this study were to (1) assess how frequently patients present for evaluation of common hand disorders in relation to hand dominance and (2) evaluate the effect of hand dominance on function in patients with these conditions. The authors hypothesized that (1) the majority of patients who seek evaluation would have a condition that affects the dominant hand, and (2) disability scores would be worse if the dominant hand is involved. They retrospectively reviewed the records of consecutive patients who presented for treatment to their institution with unilateral symptoms of 5 common disorders of the hand: carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), de Quervain's tenosynovitis (DEQ), lateral epicondylitis (LE), hand osteoarthritis (OA), and trigger finger (TF). The authors assessed the effect of diagnosis and hand dominance on Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) scores. The study group comprised 1029 patients (379 men and 650 women) with a mean age of 59.5 years. Ninety percent were right-hand dominant. The dominant and nondominant hands were affected with relatively equal frequency for CTS, DEQ, OA, and TF (range, 45%-53%). Patients with LE had a significantly higher incidence of dominant hand involvement. Men had lower DASH scores than women by an average of 7.9 points, and DASH scores were significantly but slightly higher for the overall group (3.2 points) when the dominant side was affected. Men with LE and women with TF and OA had significantly higher DASH scores when their dominant extremity was affected. Common hand disorders such as CTS, DEQ, OA, and TF affect the dominant and nondominant hands in roughly equivalent proportions, whereas LE is more common on the dominant side. Dominant hand involvement results in significantly worse DASH scores, although the magnitude of this is relatively small. Women have significantly higher DASH scores than men for the conditions evaluated. [Orthopedics. 2016; 39(3):e444-e448.].

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Left-hand dominance and hand trauma

Cited by 33 publications

References 14 publications

Demographic Profile of Hand Injuries in an Industrial Town of North India: A Review of 436 Patients

Demographic Profile of Hand Injuries in an Industrial Town of North India: A Review of 436 Patients

Non–Work-Related Finger Amputations in the United States, 2001-2002

Hand Dominance and Common Hand Conditions

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