Improving the Application Skill of the Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament Test

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Training; Students
• Interventions: Other: training with visual feedback; Other: classical learning

• Registration Number: NCT06584968
• Lead Sponsor: Hacettepe University

Brief Summary

The Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament Test is one of the most widely used and objective clinical tests for assessing the sense of touch. Some guides include standard instructions for the application of the Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament Test. With monofilaments applied correctly by the instructions, patients' threshold values can be determined accurately. However, there are disagreements about the accuracy of the pressure applied by the therapist who applies the monofilament to the patient. The investigators aimed to compare the application of the Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament Test to undergraduate students of the occupational therapy department by teaching it using classical methods and visual feedback.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2024-08-21
• Status Verified: 2024-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-09-03
• Study First Posted: 2024-09-05
• Study Start: 2024-09-10
• Primary Completion: 2024-10-15
• Study Completion: 2024-10-15
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-10-18
• Last Update Posted: 2024-10-22

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• Being third or fourth-year undergraduate students of the Occupational Therapy Department
• Completing the Hand Rehabilitation course
• Being a volunteer to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Training with visual feedback	training with visual feedback	The students in the study group will do monofilament applications on a precision scale. They will be provided with visual feedback by comparing the value of the monofilament with the pressure value of the monofilament applied on the precision scale in grams. In this way, the students will visually experience whether they can provide the appropriate level of pressure during the application. The practice on the precision scale will continue for 15-20 minutes with the monofilaments in the Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament Test kit.
Classical learning	classical learning	The students in the control group will do practical applications with the classical learning method, where one of the researchers plays the patient role. They will do application trials with the monofilaments in the Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament Test kit for 15-20 minutes.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Application duration of the Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament Test	just before the intervention and just after completion of the intervention	The application duration of the Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament Test will be recorded in seconds.
The applied force of the Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament Test	just before the intervention and just after completion of the intervention	The applied force of the Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament Test will be recorded in grams.
Intervals between the Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament Test applications	just before the intervention and just after completion of the intervention	Intervals between the Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament Test applications will be recorded in seconds.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hacettepe University; 🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey