Measurement of Handgrip Strength and Pinch of Children and Adolescents Using an Electronic Dynamometer

University of Mogi das Cruzes

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hand Strength

Treatments: Device: Electronic Dynamometer; Device: Hydraulic dynamometer

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03463447

CAAE: 67689517.7.0000.5497

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study has quantified the hand strength in movements of handgrip and pinch with electronic dynamometer.

Full description

The hand is considered the most improved tool and differentiated of the human, with great importance in the accomplishment of numerous actions due to an essential function: The handgrip strength. The handgrip and pinch movements are very important for an accomplishment of daily activities. For an evaluation of the movements, the dynamometry has been used in many fields of health and frequently in the area of rehabilitation. However, if the type of dynamometer used is not suitable for children, a measurement of the handgrip may be compromised. Therefore, the present study verified the effectiveness of an electronic dynamometer to evaluate the handgrip strength and pinch in children and adolescents.

Enrollment: 360 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 17 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• neurological disorder Absence
• Informed Consent signed by the responsible
• with preserved cognitive.
• consent form signed by the volunteer

Exclusion criteria

• change Absence of skeletal muscle in the upper limbs

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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360 participants in 1 patient group

Hand strength

Experimental group

Description:

We selected volunteers without motor abnormalities with aged 6 to 17 years divided in groups (n = 30) according to an age group. The tests were performed in a single session lasting 20 minutes, when volunteers used a hydraulic dynamometer and an electronic dynamometer, in order to quantify the hand strength.

Treatment:

Device: Hydraulic dynamometer

Device: Electronic Dynamometer