Peripheral for Quantify Strength of Children Functional During the Pinch Movement

University of Mogi das Cruzes

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hand Strength

Treatments: Device: Door handle device; Device: Linear switch device; Device: Door key device

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02965352

45883715.9.0000.5497

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study has developed a peripheral to quantify the functional strength of children without motor change during the movement of grip and pinch. It was possible to know the exact values of these strengths, the range of motion that was made, and also if the grip strength was maintained during all the arc of motion.

Full description

Since childhood, it has been necessary to produce sufficient force to grip and pinch, for performing daily tasks independently; therefore, measurements of these forces end up being useful markers to evaluate the performance and the physical development of the child. It was developed a peripheral containing three devices and instrumented for analyzing the force applied during execution of the cylindrical grip movement, pinch pulp-side and pinch pulp-pulp in different situations of the daily life of the volunteer. The data acquisition interface was developed in a software for data recording. For the peripheral functionality tests, thirty volunteers of both genders were selected. They were also students of the Sports Secretary, with no motor abnormalities, between seven and ten years old.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 7 to 10 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• change Absence of skeletal muscle in the upper limbs
• neurological disorder Absence
• Informed Consent signed by the responsible
• with preserved cognitive.
• consent form signed by the volunteer

Exclusion criteria

• Having less than 7 years old
• Having more than 10 years old
• To present some compromise skeletal muscle in the upper limbs
• not take part in the research

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 1 patient group

Hand strength

Experimental group

Description:

Volunteers without motor abnormalities. The tests were performed in a single session lasting 30 minutes, when volunteers used the door handle device, the linear switch device, and the door key device, in order to quantify the hand strength.

Treatment:

Device: Door key device

Device: Linear switch device

Device: Door handle device