Volume 24, Issue 105, September - October, 2020

To evaluate inter manual transfer of improved performance in similar functional tasks in untrained hand after training the dominant hand

Dheeraj Lamba

Associate Professor, Faculty of Physiotherapy, Institute of Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia, Email: dheeraj.lamba@gmail.com

^♦Corresponding author
Bachelor of clinical pharmacy, College of Clinical Pharmacy, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia; Email: Alhashemzahraa@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Objective: Human beings display some degree of dextrality that is a preference to use one hand for tasks. About 90% humans are right handed and therefore left hemisphere dominant for manual skills. Jebsen et al. in 1969 designed an objective and standardized test for hand functions. The study aims and focuses to confirm inter manual transfer of training untrained hand and to determine whether improvement in performance occurs in the similar functional tasks. Method: A total of 60 patients who could read and write English and fulfilled the inclusion criteria were selected and randomly allocated to two Groups. Group A and Group B. Results: For all dependent variables subjective and objective evaluation was done at the time of examination and four week after the intervention using t-test. Conclusion: Present study concluded that performance improvement in untrained hand occurs after training the dominant hand and also the improvement in performance occurs in the similar functional tasks. So inter manual transfer may be of therapeutic value in clinical setup especially in cases with unilateral impairment of an upper extremity.

Keywords: Inter manual transfer, Jebesen hand function test, Peg board and Edinburgh handedness inventory

Medical Science, 2020, 24(105), 3815-3827

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