Effectiveness of an Intervention Program for Fine Motor Skills
- Conditions
- Hand Injuries
- Registration Number
- NCT02331004
- Lead Sponsor
- Universidad de Granada
- Brief Summary
Investigators have created a protocol of intervention to treating the general disability of upper limbs.
- Detailed Description
A protocol of intervention for fine motor skills will be performed on institutionalized elderly people.
This protocol consist on implementation of a manual activity that it is well known in the clinical setting.
This activity will enhance several skills such as strength, coordination of upper limbs, range of motion, general auto-efficacy and the quality of life.
The intervention or rehabilitation will be implemented for two month.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
- Institutionalized elderly people, on a full or part-time.
- Voluntary participation.
- Cognitive impairment (< 23 in normal school population and < 20 points with a low education or illiteracy, in Spanish validation of Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE)).
- Postural control problems.
- Balance disorders, while the subject is seated.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change from Baseline in Disability of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) questionnaire at 8 weeks Eight weeks Change from Baseline in Disability of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) questionnaire at 16 weeks Sixteen weeks
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change from Baseline in finger goniometer at 8 weeks Eight weeks Active and passive measures of motion in first, second and fifth fingers of dominant hand will be recorded .
Change from Baseline in Pinch Gauge at 8 weeks Eight weeks Change from Baseline in Pinch Gauge at 16 weeks Sixteen weeks Change from Baseline in Short-Form health survey questionnaire (SF-36) at 16 weeks Sixteen weeks Change from Baseline in Purdue Pegboard Tests at 8 weeks Eight weeks Change from Baseline in Purdue Pegboard Tests at 16 weeks Sixteen weeks Change from Baseline in Short-Form health survey questionnaire (SF-36) at 8 weeks Eight weeks Change from Baseline in finger goniometer at 16 weeks Sixteen weeks Active and passive measures of motion in first, second and fifth fingers of dominant hand will be recorded .
Change from Baseline in General self-efficacy at 8 weeks Eight weeks Change from Baseline in General self-efficacy at 16 weeks Sixteen weeks
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Maria Encarnación Aguilar Ferrandiz
🇪🇸Granada, Spain
Maria Encarnación Aguilar Ferrandiz🇪🇸Granada, Spain