Evaluation of Hand Assessments in Children With Severe Hand Burns

Mass General Brigham

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Burns

Treatments: Behavioral: Functional hand tests

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00363675

2006-P000388/3

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is designed to see if some tests of hand movement, strength, and function are valid for children with burns.

Full description

Children will be given a battery of tests to determine the validity of these measures for children with severe hand burns. The tests include:

• Pinch and grip strength;
• Stereognosis;
• Speed of manipulation using the Nine Hole Peg Test, Box & Blocks Test, and the Moberg Pickup Test;
• Measurement of Range of Motion of the wrist and fingers.

Enrollment: 3 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Third degree brns to one or both hands
• All areas closed
• Age between 5 and 18 years old
• English or Spanish speaking

Exclusion criteria

• Previous hand condition
• Unable to follow 2 step directions

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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3 participants in 1 patient group

All study participants

Experimental group

Description:

Children with hand burns

Treatment:

Behavioral: Functional hand tests