An Intelligent Evaluation of Wrist Strength for the Elderly People and Its Clinical Application

NCT ID: NCT02190812

Last Updated: 2014-07-15

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

160 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-04-30

Study Completion Date

2015-07-31

Brief Summary

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Use the system to evaluate of wrist muscle strength.

Detailed Description

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The muscle strength of involved wrist muscles may be gradually reduced as aging, and impair their operating skills and even life quality of the elderly. This study has proposed an evaluation system of wrist muscle strength to grip or twist. This system consists of a torque meter (FUTEK TDF400) and three plugs/sockets for simulation of common grip or twist in daily living. This study has completed to evaluate the wrist muscle strength of men and women. In addition to the effects of age and gender, this study analyzes the influence of applied force and its plug/socket diameter on the wrist muscle strength. Simultaneously, this study measured the effect of proper forearm supporter to alleviate pain and improve the wrist and grip strength in the subjects with tennis elbow. And quantitative surface EMG was used to analyze the relationship between different forearm muscles involved. In order to achieve the user-friendly effect, this system intergraded with Cloud service and Bluetooth technology, and developed a portable and intelligent evaluation system of wrist muscle strength. It can help medical personnel to assess and analysis of real-time data. The traditional training of wrist muscle is using grip or grasp a soft tennis ball. In this study a portable grip ball training system is developed. It consists of a pressure sensor and LabVIEW program. It's expected to reduce the risk of injury of the elderly in their daily lives.

Conditions

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Evaluation of Wrist Muscle Strength

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Forearm supporter

This study measured the effect of proper forearm supporter to alleviate pain and improve the wrist and grip strength in the subjects with tennis elbow.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Forearm supporter

Intervention Type DEVICE

The forearm supporter be use in tennis elbow.

Grip ball

In this study a portable grip ball training system is developed. This study use the grip ball to train the wrist muscle. It's expected to reduce the risk of injury of the elderly in their daily lives.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Grip ball

Intervention Type DEVICE

Interventions

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Forearm supporter

The forearm supporter be use in tennis elbow.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Grip ball

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Between 20 and 75 years old.
* No significant upper extremity joint pain or nerve palsy.(patients with tennis elbow typical of lateral elbow pain)
* Never received surgical treatment of upper limb joints
* No significant history of cardiovascular disease

Exclusion Criteria

* Significant disturbance of consciousness
* Unable to communicate with hearing and speech mode
* Lack of mental ability
* Emotional instability
* Significant systemic disease
* With upper limb joints or muscles, tendons obvious lesions
Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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National Taiwan University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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National Taiwan University Hospital

Taipei, , Taiwan

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Taiwan

Facility Contacts

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Lai Jin Shin

Role: primary

886-972651256

Lin Yu Tse

Role: backup

886-928708103

Other Identifiers

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201302026RINB

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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