Characterization of Fingertips Using MRI Images (FINGERS-COMPRESSION)

Civil Hospices of Lyon

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy

Treatments: Other: Compression of the fingertip under MRI.

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03072420

69HCL16_0688

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objectives was to obtain MRI images of the index finger of the subjects without loading and with loadings (normal and shear forces from 1 to 4N).

Enrollment: 8 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Active voluntary healthy adult aged 18 to 65, affiliated to a social security scheme
• Stature between 170 and 179cm
• Body mass index (BMI) between 20 and 25
• No previous hand musculoskeletal disorders
• Cognitive level compatible with oral communication, adherence to instructions and understanding of gestures
• Having signed the consent to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

• the subject presents a neurological or orthopedic disorder ;
• the subject presents a pathology that could disturb the task ;
• the subject has an Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) contraindication (wears a pacemaker, insulin pump, prothesis, etc, has claustrophobia, ...)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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8 participants in 2 patient groups

Group no manual work or activity

Experimental group

Description:

Subject with an office or student job.

Treatment:

Other: Compression of the fingertip under MRI.

Group manual work

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Subject working in a manual or predominantly manual.

Treatment:

Other: Compression of the fingertip under MRI.