A Biomechanical Analysis Of Behavior In The Kitchen Following An Acute Upper Extremity Injury
| dc.contributor.author | Anderson, Laura | en_US |
| dc.contributor.chair | Feathers, David Joseph | en_US |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Wethington, Elaine | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-01-07T20:58:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-01-07T20:58:57Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-08-18 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | A brace that simulates a short arm cast was applied to fifteen participants who were administered a battery of standardized manual dexterity tests. These same participants were then asked to perform simulated kitchen tasks (pouring from a pitcher and lid removal from a container). Timed performance and postures were evaluated across both sets of tasks, with and without the brace. Results showed that there was a significant overall effect of the intervention, an increase in time needed to complete the standardized dexterity tests (p < 0.05). For the kitchen tasks, removing the lid from a container was also significantly slower W(15)=3, p < 0.05. Pouring water from the pitcher was also significantly slower depending on the initial positioning of the pitcher at [alpha] = 0.05 for two of the three conditions. There were also some significant changes in the way people moved their bodies to complete tasks after the intervention. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | bibid: 8793386 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1813/38998 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.subject | Aging in Place | en_US |
| dc.subject | Acute Injury Recovery | en_US |
| dc.subject | Upper Extremity | en_US |
| dc.title | A Biomechanical Analysis Of Behavior In The Kitchen Following An Acute Upper Extremity Injury | en_US |
| dc.type | dissertation or thesis | en_US |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Human-Environment Relations | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Cornell University | en_US |
| thesis.degree.level | Master of Science | |
| thesis.degree.name | M.S., Human-Environment Relations |
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