Therapy for those with Hand Immobility
Source: OSU Wexner Medical Center, 2012.
The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center issued a variety of hand exercises to be completed when someone suffers from hand immobility. Physical therapy exercises, such as the ones pictured, can help someone with nerve damage or a stroke victim regain mobility in his/her hand.
Best Preventative Measures for Workplace Hand Injuries
Researchers at the Liberty Mutual Research Institute of Safety, along with the Harvard School of Public Health, studied hand injuries in the workplace. Their findings revealed, as expected, the risk of workplace hand injuries increased when equipment or tools did not perform as expected, coupled with workers assuming the equipment would not malfunction. Additionally, work gloves reduced the risk of hand injury by 60%.
Thus, to avoid acute hand injuries, temporarily making a worker unemployed or without mobility in one hand, it is in the workers’ best interests to wear protective work gloves while working with hazardous machinery that has the potential to malfunction.
Standards for Laundry
- Standard washing machines measure 27 x 30 x 38
- Low-capacity top loaders hold, on average, 6 pounds of clothing
- Medium-capacity top loaders hold 7-8 pounds of garments
- Highest-capacity top loaders hold 12-15 pounds of clothing
- A typical load of laundry includes:
- Seven pairs/sets of underwear
- Seven pairs of socks
- Five short-sleeve T-shirts
- Two long-sleeve shirts
- One sweatshirt or sweater
- Two pairs of jeans or four pairs of shorts
- One sheet set
- One towel
Source: Leverette, 2019. The most widely used laundry detergent categories are liquid, powder, and pods. In our opinion, pods will be the easiest to use for those with hand immobility since it requires no pouring nor measuring.
References:
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. (2012). Hand and Finger Exercises. 1-2.
Leverette, Mary Marlowe. (2019). What’s Best: Liquid, Powder, or Pods for Laundry Detergent? The Spruce, image 1.