ArticleTranslational neuroscience2021
Chopstick operation training with the left non-dominant hand.
Article in Translational neuroscience, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Neural correlates of fine motor grasping skills: Longitudinal insights into motor cortex activation using fNIRS.Brain and behavior · 2024Trial
- Transcranial direct current stimulation to the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex enhances early dexterity skills with the left non-dominant hand: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of translational medicine · 2023Trial
- Arm dominance is an emergent effect of practice executing complex trajectory shapes required by tools and objects.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Comparison of Upper Body Joint and Hand Motions in Eating Solid Foods With Chopsticks and Semisolid Foods With a Spoon in Healthy Males and Females: Observational Study.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies · 2026Article
- Motion capture-based evaluation of lower chopstick stability.Journal of physical therapy science · 2024Article
- Comparison of Various Smoothness Metrics for Upper Limb Movements in Middle-Aged Healthy Subjects.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Comparing movement-related cortical potential between real and simulated movement tasks from an ecological validity perspective.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2023Review
- Physical Therapy Management in a Severe Case of Overlapping of Bone Post Crush Injury: A Case Report.Cureus · 2022Article
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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundTraining a non-dominant hand is important for rehabilitating people who are required to change handedness. However, improving the dexterity in using chopsticks with a non-dominant hand through training remains unclear. This study is aimed to measure whether chopstick training improves non-dominant hand chopstick operation skills and leads to acquisition of skill levels similar to those of the dominant hand.
methodsThis single-blinded randomized controlled trial enrolled 34 healthy young right-handed subjects who scored >70 points on the Edinburgh Handedness Questionnaire Inventory. They were randomly allocated to training or control groups. The training group participated in a 6-week chopstick training program with the non-dominant left hand, while the control group did not. Asymmetry of chopstick operation skill, perceived psychological stress, and oxygen-hemoglobin concentration as a brain activity measure in each hemisphere were measured before and after training.
resultsParticipants in the training group had significantly lower asymmetry than those in the control group during the post-training assessment (
conclusionSix weeks of chopstick training improved non-dominant chopstick operation skills, and a performance level similar to that of the dominant hand was acquired.
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