Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA.
Department of Statistics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA.
Sci Rep. 2021 Feb 18;11(1):4211. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-83770-4.
This study explored the effects of training computer mouse use in the nondominant hand on clicking performance of the dominant and nondominant hands. Computer mouse use is a daily operation in the workplace and requires minute hand and wrist movements developed and refined through practice and training for many years. Our study had eleven right-handed computer mouse users train their nondominant hand for 15 min a day, five days per week, for six weeks. This study found improved performance with the computer mouse in the dominant hand following nondominant hand training because of the bilateral transfer effect of training. Additionally, our study showed that the nondominant hand is capable of learning the complex movements that our dominant hand has trained for many years. Last, our research showed that nondominant hand performance decreases when the skill is not trained for over a year, but the performance is significantly higher than that prior to the original training and can be rapidly relearned. Overall, training the nondominant hand on the computer mouse will allow for improved performance in industry while allowing safer, sustainable, and more achievable work in a multitude of economies.
本研究探讨了在非优势手上训练使用计算机鼠标对优势手和非优势手点击性能的影响。在工作场所，使用计算机鼠标是一项日常操作，需要通过多年的实践和训练来发展和完善精细的手部和手腕运动。我们的研究让 11 名惯用右手的计算机鼠标使用者每天用非优势手训练 15 分钟，每周训练 5 天，共 6 周。这项研究发现，由于训练的双侧转移效应，在进行非优势手训练后，优势手上使用计算机鼠标的性能得到了提高。此外，我们的研究还表明，非优势手能够学习我们的优势手多年来所训练的复杂动作。最后，我们的研究表明，当非优势手的技能超过一年没有训练时，其性能会下降，但性能明显高于最初训练前的水平，并且可以迅速重新学习。总的来说，在计算机鼠标上训练非优势手将提高工业性能，同时允许在众多经济体中实现更安全、可持续和更可行的工作。
