Effectiveness of an Intervention Program for Fine Motor Skills

University of Granada (UGR)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hand Injuries

Treatments: Other: Intervention for fine motor skills; Other: Support to activities of daily living

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02331004

Fine motor skills

Details and patient eligibility

About

Investigators have created a protocol of intervention to treating the general disability of upper limbs.

Full description

A protocol of intervention for fine motor skills will be performed on institutionalized elderly people.

This protocol consist on implementation of a manual activity that it is well known in the clinical setting.

This activity will enhance several skills such as strength, coordination of upper limbs, range of motion, general auto-efficacy and the quality of life.

The intervention or rehabilitation will be implemented for two month.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Institutionalized elderly people, on a full or part-time.
• Voluntary participation.

Exclusion criteria

• Cognitive impairment (< 23 in normal school population and < 20 points with a low education or illiteracy, in Spanish validation of Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE)).
• Postural control problems.
• Balance disorders, while the subject is seated.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Intervention for fine motor skills

Active Comparator group

Description:

Implementation of an well known activity to improve the function of upper extremities

Treatment:

Other: Intervention for fine motor skills

Support to activities of daily living

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Performing of general activities planned in the centres where the participants are included

Treatment:

Other: Support to activities of daily living