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Posture and the emergence of manual skills
Developmental Science, 2000In this paper, we examine how infants’ natural manual and postural activities — what they prefer and do week by week — are related to developmental transitions in reaching skill and its neuromuscular control. Using a dense, longitudinal design, we tracked the manual and postural activities of four infants in a natural, free‐play setting across the ...
Spencer, John P. +3 more
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[Manual skills in anaesthesiology].
Der Anaesthesist, 2003Assessment in anaesthesia traditionally takes the form of written papers and oral examinations. These are important for assessing trainee's knowledge and judgement, but do not test for competency in practical skills, which is essential for successful clinical practice.
G K, Schüpfer, C, Konrad, J I, Poelaert
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Teaching and Assessing Manual Skills
1985Manual skills are all those skills which involve use of the hands. For example, giving an injection, palpating an abdomen, focusing a microscope, measuring blood pressure (BP), preparing a blood slide, etc., are all manual skills.
Fred Abbatt, Rosemary McMahon
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Manual Behavior, Lateralization of Manual Skills and Cognitive Performance of Preschool Children
Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1989Direction and degree of manual specialization (functional asymmetry between the hands) on a pegboard task, and fine motor ability (total number of pegs inserted) of both hands were correlated with verbal and visuospatial performances for 47 preschool children.
P, Smirni, G, Zappalà
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Influence of Caffeine on Selected Manual Manipulation Skills
Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1991To assess the effects of caffeine on selected manual manipulation skills 16 college-age (21 ± 1.7 yr.) caffeine-naive women (<90 mg/day), having avoided products containing caffeine for four days, reported for testing eight hours postprandial. Measurements included duration and frequency of error for hand steadiness, duration and frequency error for
B H, Jacobson +2 more
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MOTOR‐UNIT TRAINING AND INFLUENCE OF MANUAL SKILL
Psychophysiology, 1969ABSTRACTEmploying the recently devised technique of training conscious control over individual motor units of skeletal muscles, the influence of prior manual skills was tested in 29 young adults. Twenty‐five subjects succeeded with a median training‐time of 20 minutes.
H E, Scully, J V, Basmajian
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Manual skill, hand skill asymmetry, and cognitive performances in young children
Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain, and Cognition, 2003A total of 1022 children aged 3 to 6 years were examined in their preschools and 27% of them were followed up for 2 years. A computerised version of the peg-moving task was used repeatedly to assess hand skill of the dominant and the nondominant hand.
Dellatolas, Georges +6 more
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Manual communication skills in aphasia.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, 1983This study investigated the acquisition and use of American Sign Language (ASL) and American Indian Gestural Code (Amerind) in 8 aphasic adults. Subjects received 2 hours of instruction for 4 weeks in 20 signs from each system. No difference was found in ease of acquisition between the sign systems in these subjects.
A M, Guilford, J, Scheuerle, P G, Shirek
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Learning Manual Skills with Smart Wearables
2019Intensive development of e-learning methods still struggles with domains where feedback on manual and physical skills is necessary, for example, crafts or physiotherapy movements. Most of such training is currently done exclusively through direct teacher-student interaction.
Ekaterina Kutafina +3 more
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Introducing the new NONPF skills manual
The Nurse Practitioner, 2011Sheila, Melander, Julie, Settles
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