title: Hand preference in patients with allergy, juvenile cancer, and schizophrenia.
abstract: Patients with allergy (n = 50), juvenile cancer (n = 50), and schizophrenia (n = 37), and nonpatient controls (n = 200) were asked to indicate their hand preferences on a 7-point scale (1 = left always, 7 = right always) for the 32-item Waterloo Handedness Questionnaire. Except for patients with schizophrenia, who exhibited a higher incidence of mixed hand preference, groups showed a clear rightward bias. Further analyses suggested that mixed hand preference in schizophrenia was evident more often for unskilled than skilled hand activities.
authors.affiliation: Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Upadhyay
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Mandal
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Asthana
authors.forename: Hari O
authors.initials: HO
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005116:Extrapyramidal Tracts / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000276:immunology*; D007108:Immune Tolerance / Q000276:immunology; D007153:Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology; D011712:Pyramidal Tracts / Q000503:physiopathology; D012016:Reference Values; D012307:Risk Factors; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000276:immunology*