Do your surgical glove characteristics and wearing habits affect your tactile sensibility?
Semmes-Weinstein-test
Sensibility of the hand
Surgical gloves
Two-point discrimination
Journal
Annals of medicine and surgery (2012)
ISSN: 2049-0801
Titre abrégé: Ann Med Surg (Lond)
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101616869
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Sep 2020
Sep 2020
Historique:
received:
18
07
2020
revised:
04
08
2020
accepted:
04
08
2020
entrez:
9
9
2020
pubmed:
10
9
2020
medline:
10
9
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Tactile sensibility plays a critical role in medicine, especially in surgical practice. In order to prevent surgical site infections and protect the surgeon, the use of surgical gloves is standard practice. However, wearing these might affect the sensibility of the hand disadvantageously, especially in disciplines that require precision work. We evaluated the influence of six different glove types, as well as gloves wearing habits (double gloving, over- and undersized gloves) on tactile sensibility using two-point-discrimination and Semmes-Weinstein monofilament testing in 27 non-surgeons. There were significant differences regarding tactile sensibility of gloved compared to bare hands and between different types of gloves. While undersized gloves and double gloving did not affect tactile sensibility, oversized gloves were associated with a significant deterioration of the sensibility of the hand in the Semmes-Weinstein monofilament test. This study demonstrates that surgical gloves negatively affect the sensibility of the hand and show significant differences between different types of gloves.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32904254
doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2020.08.002
pii: S2049-0801(20)30246-6
pmc: PMC7452141
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
281-286Commentaires et corrections
Type : ErratumIn
Informations de copyright
© 2020 The Authors.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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