Report on incidence of right-hand preference in 18 eating disordered patients.
Incidence of right-hand preference in a sample of eating disordered patients, 18 probands and 18 controls, was investigated. They completed questions regarding eight functional hand tasks. Preferred right-hand use, mainly externally directed and complex, was less represented among these eating disordered patients (14%) than in the 18 controls (58%).
Niederhofer
Helmut
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General Hospital of Bolzano, Department of Pediatrics, Via L.-Boehler 5, 39100 Bolzano, Italy. helmutniederhofer@yahoo.de
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis