COMMON MOTIONS
Below, we list the most common repetitive motions we observed; we define the plane of reference as the work area where manipulation is occurring. Hence, if manipulation is focused on the wound itself, that constitutes the plane, whereas if materials are being grasped and manipulated, that becomes the plane of reference.
| Code | Examples of Instances |
|---|---|
| Moving in and out of the plane | Commonly a dabbing or patting motion for tasks such as drying, assessing a wound, wiping, or dressing a wound; also observed for packing a wound, where a nurse filled the wound with gauze or packing material using their fingers or a cotton-tipped applicator |
| Moving around the plane | A very common motion used by nurses during the dressing tasks of wound care; we observed that this motion was performed as a final dressing step to wrap a protective wound care material, like an ace bandage, around a wound |
| Moving along the plane in a side to side motion | Common in wiping and dressing wounds |
| Moving along the plane in a circular motion | Most common in wiping tasks |
| Rotating along the plane | Occurred specifically when nurses wet a wound or material by pouring a liquid on the wound (i.e., irrigating a wound) or rotating caps to open bottles |
| Internal deformation | Used mainly to squeeze tubes to remove a topical from a container to wet a material or irrigate a wound; we most commonly observed deformation to prepare materials such as squeezing or manipulating gauze before utilizing it for different tasks |