The phrase "hamper the understanding" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing factors that obstruct or hinder comprehension of a subject or concept.
Example: "The complex terminology used in the report may hamper the understanding of the general audience."
Alternatives: "impede comprehension" or "obstruct understanding."
But communication in writing may hamper the understanding of each other's cognitive maps.
Geographical restriction of cases and controls is not a common feature of GWAS and, despite their undoubted utility in assessing the genetic determinants of the diseases, this approach could hamper the understanding of the contribution of xenobiotic exposure to lymphomagenesis.
Both types of metrics complement each other, as single metrics are relatively easy to compute and interpret, but do not provide a coherent picture of intensification, whereas system metrics, by aggregating multiple processes, hamper the understanding of the relations between different system components [ 60].
Nevertheless, the lack of well characterized foreland system depocenters and the paucity of precise geochronological data have hampered the understanding of its basinal evolution.
Research on self- and family management of chronic conditions has advanced over the past 6 years, but the use of simple frameworks has hampered the understanding of the complexities involved.
We reasoned that one of the difficulties hampering the understanding of this process comes from a shortage of methods to evaluate the functional cell polarity, which is observable as intracellular events.
Meanwhile, it is also a barrier for genetic manipulation such as conjugation [8] and transformation [9], which hampers the understanding and exploitation of many important bacteria through genetic manipulation.
The determinants of this specificity are still only partly understood and as a consequence it is difficult to predict kinase substrate preferences from the primary structure, hampering the understanding of kinase function in physiology and prompting the development of technologies that allow easy assessment of kinase substrate consensus sequences.
This lack of a standardized approach hampers the understanding, research and clinical care of GDM (3).
Such a combination hampers the understanding of which intervention is (most) effective [ 35].
This situation contains a strong potential to generate confusion, distorts the knowledge, and hampers the understanding of the acute leukaemia aetiology.
