Effect of protective gloves on hand movement: an exploratory study

✍ Scribed by Teresa A. Bellingar; Ann C. Slocum

• Book ID: 102989220
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 749 KB
• Volume: 24
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0003-6870
• DOI: 10.1016/0003-6870(93)90458-l

✦ Synopsis

This exploratory study was conducted to determine whether wearing protective gloves limits the range of motion that the hand can complete. The kinematic motion of the hand/wrist/forearm of two participants was analysed during the performance of two tasks typical of pesticide applicators. High-speed cinematography was used to collect data which were then digitized and combined to produce three-dimensional data. Graphs of the transformed data showed that in comparison with the barehanded state, the protective glove decreased the abduction/adduction and supination/ pronation ranges that the hand could complete. Extension/flexion did not appear to be affected. Overall, kinematic motion of the hand appeared to decrease while wearing protective gloves.