We investigated the change of the corticospinal tract (CST) in the unaffected hemisphere by the change of the dominant hand in stroke patients, using diffusion tensor tractography (DTT).Forty-eight stroke patients with right-hand dominance were recruited. The patients were assigned to 3 groups: group A (12 patients)-right-hand dominance was maintained after the right-hand weakness, group B (17 ...

Many surgeons have right hand dominance as in the normal population. Right hand dominance may cause difficulties depending on the position of the patient and the surgeon position according to the patient during surgical treatment. Even when the patient is operated on in the neutral position, there are some challenges. In spinal surgery, the difficulties faced by surgeons are in the phase of spi...

BACKGROUND The decline of motor performance of the human hand-arm system with age is well-documented. While dominant hand performance is superior to that of the non-dominant hand in young individuals, little is known of possible age-related changes in hand dominance. We investigated age-related alterations of hand dominance in 20 to 90 year old subjects. All subjects were unambiguously right-ha...

Background The present study aimed to determine and confront hand preference (hand chosen in priority to perform a manual dexterity task) and hand dominance (hand with best motor performance) in eight macaques (Macaca fascicularis) and in 20 human subjects (10 left-handers and 10 right-handers). Methods Four manual dexterity tests have been executed by the monkeys, over several weeks during lea...