The aim of the present study was to evaluate the grip strength between the two sides for the right and left handed male and female collegiate Indian population, as grip strength provides an objective index for the functional integrity of upper extremity. The study is based on151 males (103 right handed and 48 left handed) and 152 females (129 right handed and 23 left handed) collegiate populati...

This paper proposes a novel approach to study the Left hand antenna using an adequate electrical model. The structure is composed by a periodic Split Ring Resonator and a metallic wires, that’s why the proposed model take into consideration the model of each element and the coupling between the element. Due to the complexity of the structure, the model becomes very important because it’s simple...

Previous studies exploring specific brain functions of left- and right-handed subjects have shown variances in spatial and motor abilities that might be explained according to consistent structural and functional differences. Given the role of both spatial and motor information in the processing of temporal intervals, we designed a study aimed at investigating timing abilities in left-handed su...

In this paper we present a series of algorithms developed to detect the following guitar playing techniques : bend, hammer-on, pull-off, slide, palm muting and harmonic. Detection of playing techniques can be used to control external content (i.e audio loops and effects, videos, light events, etc.), as well as to write real-time score or to assist guitar novices in their learning process. The g...

BACKGROUND Acute onset of a sensory alien hand phenomenon has been observed only from a supratentorial lesion involving the non-dominant hand, mostly from a right posterior cerebral artery infarction. A single acute vascular lesion resulting in a dominant hand sensory alien hand syndrome has not been previously documented. CASE REPORT A 78-year old right-handed woman exhibited right sensory a...

Introduction Most humans have four lumbrical muscles in each hand numbered as first, second, third and fourth from the radial to ulnar side. Lumbrical muscles of the hand flex the second to fifth metacarpophalangeal joints and extend the interphalangeal joints of the fingers [1, 2]. The first and second lumbrical muscles originate from the radial side of the flexor digitorum profundus (FDP) ten...

There has recently been an increased demand in bone age estimation (BAE) of living individuals and human remains in legal medicine applications. A severe drawback of established BAE techniques based on X-ray images is radiation exposure, since many countries prohibit scanning involving ionizing radiation without diagnostic reasons. We propose a completely automated method for BAE based on volum...

"Converted" left-handers are innately left-handed individuals forced as children to write with the right nondominant hand. We asked how a left-to-right handwriting switch shapes cortical sensorimotor representations of finger movements. In 16 adult converted left-handers and age-matched groups of 16 consistent right-handers and 16 left-handers, we studied movement-related neuronal activity with...

In typical right-handed patients both apraxia and aphasia are caused by damage to the left hemisphere, which also controls the dominant right hand. In left-handed subjects the lateralities of language and of control of the dominant hand can dissociate. This permits disentangling the association of apraxia with aphasia from that with handedness. Pantomime of tool use, actual tool use and imitati...

This investigation explores aspects of musical interpretation in relation to left-hand cello technique. It focuses on how listeners, performers, and teachers approach shifting, both in terms of its functionality and its expressive use in portamenti. The method involved appraisal of five selected interpretations through listening experiments with cellists and other instrumentalists, analyses of ...