@article{ref1,
title="Patterns of hand preference and unintentional injuries among Indian attempted hand switchers and hand non-switchers",
journal="Laterality",
year="2013",
author="Suar, Damodar and Mandal, Manas K. and Misra, Indiwar and Suman, Shanti",
volume="18",
number="6",
pages="652-670",
abstract="This study examines the patterns of hand preference and unintentional injuries of attempted hand switchers and hand non-switchers. Data were collected from 3698 participants in Kharagpur, India, on measures of hand preference, hand switching, and unintentional injuries. The direction of left- or right-handedness was on the basis of hand used for the item &quot;writing on paper&quot; and the degree of handedness was based on the average score of remaining items in the handedness inventory. Results reveal that, among attempted hand-switchers, learned right-handers were not right-sided in hand continuum as the natural right-handers, but left-handers were left-sided as natural left-handers. With increasing age the learned right-handers become less right-sided and natural right-handers become more right-sided. Females (males) are found to be more right-handed than males (females) among learned right-handers (natural right-handers). On the direction of handedness, the learned right-handers have more than twice the risk of unintentional injuries than the natural right- and left-handers. On degree of handedness, the use of inconsistent left and both hands among natural left-handers, the use of inconsistent right and both hands among natural right-handers, and the use of weak right hand among learned right-handers increase their vulnerability to unintentional injuries. Any deviation from the genetic make-up in hand use elevates the risk of unintentional injuries, suggesting that one should not change the biological hand.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1357-650X",
doi="10.1080/1357650X.2012.742532",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1357650X.2012.742532"
}