Evaluation of sterile glove usage on digital tactile sensitivity using the Grating Orientation Task.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Surgical glove use may be associated with a decrease in tactile sensitivity, with thicker gloves or double-gloving techniques further altering sensation. This study evaluates digital tactile sensitivity by use of a Grating Orientation Task (GOT) with multiple sterile gloving techniques (no gloves, single standard gloving, double standard gloving, orthopedic gloves, and micro-thickness gloves).

Methods

Each participant performed the GOT at increasing grating widths until correctly noting orientation in ≥8 of 10 trials with multiple glove types or double-gloving technique. Glove order was randomly assigned and participants were blinded to the orientation and dome size.

Results

All gloves except micro-thickness gloves showed increased threshold sensitivity v

SUBMITTER: Riegel TO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11220246 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature