Deciding how and when to measure hand hygiene compliance can be a challenging task; however, addressing a few key questions before planning a hand hygiene surveillance program can assist infection ...
To asses whether the Van Lieshout Test (VLT) is responsive to measure changes in arm hand skilled performance (AHSP) over time during active rehabilitation in persons with cervical spinal cord injury ...
Study 1 (N=12) – assessment of inter-rater reliability (intraclass correlations (ICC); weighted kappa; Bland–Altman plots). Study 2 (N=55) – assessment of convergent validity by computing Spearman's ...
Our muscles weaken as we age. Measuring hand grip strength with a device known as a dynamometer is an excellent way to measure grip strength. Data now states that grip strength is an indicator of ...
Tuesday, Oct. 15 is Global Handwashing Day. Hand washing, while essential to infection control and prevention, suffers from perennially low compliance rates, sometimes as low as 40 percent in ...
October 26, 2011 (Boston, Massachusetts) — According to George Bernard Shaw, "the greatest problem in communication is the illusion that it has been accomplished." It appears that this also applies to ...
Measuring how well children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can control their hand movements could help to gauge the severity of their disorder, a new study suggests. Children ...