Upper Limb Evaluation in Non Ambulatory Patients With Neuromuscular Disorder (ULENAP)

Institut de Myologie, France

Status: Completed

Conditions: Neuromuscular Disorders

Treatments: Device: Motriplate

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00993161

ULENAP

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to evaluate different devices to quantify upper limb function (Motriplate) and strength (Myogrip, Myopinch) in non-ambulatory patients with neuromuscular disorder. Motriplate measures the ability of the patient to reproduce a repetitive movement of the wrist to push two 5cm*5cm targets during 30 seconds. One hundred patients aged 8-30 years and 60 controls will be evaluated during twelve months (M0, M6 and M12) with theses new tools, and results will be compared to other testing, such as wrist, grip and pinch strength, taping, MFM measurement, and self evaluation of hand ability.

Enrollment: 174 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 30 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Confirmed neuromuscular disorder
• Aged 8-30 years
• Written consent
• Non ambulant

Exclusion Criteria

• Major cognitive impairment
• Inability to stay seated one hour
• Recent upper limb surgery or trauma
• Treatment by steroids initiated less than 6 months before

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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174 participants in 2 patient groups

patients

Experimental group

Description:

Patients with neuromuscular disorder and controls

Treatment:

Device: Motriplate

Device: Motriplate

Controls

Experimental group

Description:

healthy controls

Treatment:

Device: Motriplate

Device: Motriplate