The Angle of the Metacarpophalangeal Joint of the Thumb During Maximal Pinch Strength

Ghent University Hospital (UZ)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Post-traumatic; Arthrosis; Osteoarthritis Thumb

Treatments: Other: measurement of range of motion and strength

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04875156

BC-08063

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study is to measure the position of the metacarpophalangeal joint of the thumb during key-pinch, tripod-pinch and opposition-pinch in normal volunteers, to determine the optimal position of metacarpophalangeal joint arthrodesis.

Full description

The aim of the study is to measure the position of the metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joint of the thumb during key-pinch, tripod-pinch and opposition-pinch in normal volunteers, to determine the optimal position of metacarpophalangeal joint arthrodesis.

The force will be measured in three positions (key-pinch, tripod-pinch and opposition-pinch). Also measured is the degree of flexion of the MCP joint of the thumb. The mobility of the MCP joint of the thumb in maximum flexion and extension will also be measured. A total of about 300 healthy volunteers will be examined, with no history of trauma or disease to tendons or joints of the thumbs and between the ages of 18 and 40. The sponsor of this study is Professor Nadine Hollevoet. Master students of medicine from the faculty of medicine and health sciences will be part of the research team.

Enrollment: 300 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age between 18 and 40 years

Exclusion criteria

• (previous) pathology of the joints, ligaments or tendons of the thumb

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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300 participants in 1 patient group

normal volunteers

Other group

Description:

normal volunteers between 18 and 40 years old, men and women. Measurement of the range of motion of the metacarpophalangeal joint with a goniometer and pinch strength of the thumb with a dynamometer

Treatment:

Other: measurement of range of motion and strength