The Performance of Normal Adults on the Purdue Pegboard Test in Relation to Gender and Handedness

正常成人在普渡插板測驗之表現與性別及慣用手關係之研究

羅鈞令(Jin-Ling Lo) ； 賴金鑫(Jin-Shin Lai) ； 黃小玲(Sheau-Ling Huang)

《職能治療學會雜誌》 12卷 (1994/12) Pp. 51-57

https://doi.org/10.6594/JTOTA.1994.12.06

摘要

The normal characteristics of adult hand skills in relation to gender and handedness were investigated in this study. Sixty undergraduate and graduate university students, 30 males and 30 females, aged from 18 to 32 years were recruited as the subjects. There were 20 right-handers, 5 left-handers and 5 mixed-handers for both male and female groups. The handedness was decided by asking the subjects to write, use scissors with symmetrical shape and catch with one hand.
It was found that the females had better hand skills, especially on the dominant hand (p＜.01), than the males as measured by Purdue Pegboard Test. For the nondominant hand, there was no significant difference between the performance of the males and the females. No significant handedness and gender by handedness interaction effect was found. Comparing the performance between two hands, a significant difference was found for the female subjects (p＜.001) but not for the male subjects. Additionally, the differences of the performance of two hands were significantly larger for the females than for the males (p＜.05). The findings of this study might help the occupational therapists in assessing their clients' hand function and setting more appropriate goals for males and females and for two hands. The results of this study also suggested direction for further studies.

並列摘要

The normal characteristics of adult hand skills in relation to gender and handedness were investigated in this study. Sixty undergraduate and graduate university students, 30 males and 30 females, aged from 18 to 32 years were recruited as the subjects. There were 20 right-handers, 5 left-handers and 5 mixed-handers for both male and female groups. The handedness was decided by asking the subjects to write, use scissors with symmetrical shape and catch with one hand.
It was found that the females had better hand skills, especially on the dominant hand (p＜.01), than the males as measured by Purdue Pegboard Test. For the nondominant hand, there was no significant difference between the performance of the males and the females. No significant handedness and gender by handedness interaction effect was found. Comparing the performance between two hands, a significant difference was found for the female subjects (p＜.001) but not for the male subjects. Additionally, the differences of the performance of two hands were significantly larger for the females than for the males (p＜.05). The findings of this study might help the occupational therapists in assessing their clients' hand function and setting more appropriate goals for males and females and for two hands. The results of this study also suggested direction for further studies.

並列關鍵字

hand skill ； gender differences ； handedness