TY - JOUR
T1 - Clues from hands Part 1
T2 - personal details about patients revealed by hand examination.
AU - Stricklin, Sherea M.
AU - Payne, Katie S.
AU - Rader, Ryan K.
AU - Schilli, Karen D.
AU - Stoecker, William V.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - This is the first part of a two-part article on personal details revealed by the hand examination. Daily activities revealed by hand examination are the focus of Part 1, while personal details including nutrition and psychological assessment are presented in Part 2. These clues enable the examiner to discern hobbies, vocation, sporting activities, dietary information, and psychosocial information of the patient. We describe signs that may aid the clinician in determining these activities, enabling us to provide better patient care by establishing good patient rapport. Part 1, presented here, focuses on detection of visible traces on the hands of sporting activities, hobbies, and vocation. The patient through long familiarity may be oblivious to these features or may find them too insignificant to mention, yet they can provide meaningful social details for the
AB - This is the first part of a two-part article on personal details revealed by the hand examination. Daily activities revealed by hand examination are the focus of Part 1, while personal details including nutrition and psychological assessment are presented in Part 2. These clues enable the examiner to discern hobbies, vocation, sporting activities, dietary information, and psychosocial information of the patient. We describe signs that may aid the clinician in determining these activities, enabling us to provide better patient care by establishing good patient rapport. Part 1, presented here, focuses on detection of visible traces on the hands of sporting activities, hobbies, and vocation. The patient through long familiarity may be oblivious to these features or may find them too insignificant to mention, yet they can provide meaningful social details for the
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84908225655&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Article
C2 - 25211868
AN - SCOPUS:84908225655
SN - 0026-6620
VL - 111
SP - 349
EP - 351
JO - Missouri Medicine
JF - Missouri Medicine
IS - 4
ER -