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The danger of the toxicity and inefficacy of alcohol-based hand rubs in Iran during COVID-19: a cross-sectional study
BackgroundThe use of disinfectants and alcohol-based hand rubs (ABHR) to prevent COVID-19 transmission increased in the first wave of the infection....
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Is virtual reality suitable for hand hygiene training in health care workers? Evaluating an application for acceptability and effectiveness
BackgroundFor effective prevention of nosocomial transmissions continuous training and motivation of health care workers (HCW) are essential to...
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Hand hygiene knowledge, attitude, barriers and improvement measures among healthcare workers in the Republic of Korea: a cross-sectional survey exploring interprofessional differences
BackgroundHand hygiene (HH) is a fundamental component of infection prevention and control in healthcare settings. This study aimed to identify...
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A parallel classification strategy to simultaneous control elbow, wrist, and hand movements
BackgroundIn the field of myoelectric control systems, pattern recognition (PR) algorithms have become always more interesting for predicting complex...
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Systematic review on factors influencing the effectiveness of alcohol-based hand rubbing in healthcare
BackgroundThe effectiveness of hand rubbing with alcohol-based handrub (ABHR) is impacted by several factors. To investigate these, World Health...
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The relationship between the effect of hand visibility on visuotactile temporal resolution and autistic traits
Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have atypical sensory processing, particularly when sensory stimuli are delivered from different...
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Donor activation focused rehabilitation approach to hand closing nerve transfer surgery in individuals with cervical level spinal cord injury
Study designCase Series.
ObjectivesTo describe the donor activation focused rehabilitation approach (DAFRA) in the setting of the hand closing nerve...
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Forearm and Hand Muscles Exhibit High Coactivation and Overlap** of Cortical Motor Representations
Most of the motor map** procedures using navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation (nTMS) follow the conventional somatotopic organization of the...
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Reducing the number of EMG electrodes during online hand gesture classification with changing wrist positions
BackgroundMyoelectric control based on hand gesture classification can be used for effective, contactless human–machine interfacing in general...
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The combined application of hand hygiene and non-sterile gloves by nurses in a tertiary hospital: a multi methods study
BackgroundThe application of hand hygiene (HH) and the use of non-sterile gloves (NSG) in daily care is highly intertwined. We aimed (1) to assess...
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High proprioceptive acuity in slow and fast hand movements
We can accurately reach to touch our index fingertip to various points on the body without vision. Awareness of location/motion of the index...
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Hand hygiene improvement of individual healthcare workers: results of the multicentre PROHIBIT study
BackgroundTraditionally, hand hygiene (HH) interventions do not identify the observed healthcare workers (HWCs) and therefore, reflect HH compliance...
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Selective interference of hand posture with gras** capability estimation
Previous studies have shown that judgments about how one would perform an action are affected by the current body posture. Hence, judging one's...
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Increasing motor cortex activation during gras** via novel robotic mirror hand therapy: a pilot fNIRS study
BackgroundMirror therapy (MT) has been used for functional recovery of the affected hand by providing the mirrored image of the unaffected hand...
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Three Sliding Probes Placed on Forelimb Skin for Proprioceptive Feedback Differentially yet Complementarily Contribute to Hand Gesture Detection and Object-Size Discrimination
The purpose was to assess the effectiveness of three sliding tactile probes placed on the forelimb skin to provide proprioceptive feedback for the...
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Multi-focal Stimulation of the Cortico-cerebellar Loop During the Acquisition of a Novel Hand Motor Skill in Chronic Stroke Survivors
Impairment of hand motor function is a frequent consequence after a stroke and strongly determines the ability to regain a self-determined life. An...
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The effect of local vibration applied to the forearm extensor muscles on hand function and muscle activation in stroke patients: a randomized controlled study
ObjectiveThis study aims to reveal the effect of low-frequency local vibration applied to the forearm extensor muscles on stroke patients’ muscle...
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No self-advantage in recognizing photographs of one’s own hand: experimental and meta-analytic evidence
Visually recognising one’s own body is important both for controlling movement and for one’s sense of self. Twenty previous studies asked healthy...
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Hand hygiene compliance and its associated factors among health care providers in primary hospitals of Waghimira Zone, Northeast Ethiopia: a mixed study design
IntroductionHand hygiene compliance is the problem of develo** nations particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa including Ethiopia. Despite a lot of...
