EFFECT OF TASK ORIENTED EXERCISES ON HAND GRIP STRENGTH AND DEXTERITY IN PATIENTS WITH LATERAL EPICONDYLITIS- A RANDOMISED CONTROL TRIAL

EFFECT OF TASK ORIENTED EXERCISES ON HAND GRIP STRENGTH AND DEXTERITY IN PATIENTS WITH LATERAL EPICONDYLITIS- A RANDOMISED CONTROL TRIAL

Dr. Sakshi Chature1 Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Resident Dr APJ Abdul Kalam College of Physiotherapy, Loni, Maharashtra, India Email sakshichature@gmail.com

Dr. Sukhpreet Pabla2Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Physiotherapy, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam College of Physiotherapy, Loni, Maharashtra, India Email pablasukhpreet27@gmail.com

AIM – To find efficacy of Task oriented Exercises on Hand grip strength and dexterity in Patients with Lateral Epicondylitis.

OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

To find the effect of Task-oriented exercises on Hand grip Strength by Sphygmomanometer and Dexterity by Jebson Taylor hand function test in Patients with Lateral Epicondylitis

SELECTION CRITERIA

INCLUSION CRITERIA

·   Both males and females

·   Adult aged 30 to 50 years

·   Patients diagnosed with lateral epicondylitis.

·   Mills Test positive

·   VAS score more than or equal to 4

EXCLUSION CRITERIA

·  Patients with other orthopaedic conditions of upper extremity

·  Patients with Neurological conditions

METHODOLOGY

Source of data: Department of Orthopedics, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam College of Physiotherapy, PIMS

Study setting: This study will be conducted in the Department of OPD of Orthopedic Physiotherapy, Dr. APJAK College of Physiotherapy.

Type of Study: Experimental study

Intervention Period: Participants will be receiving intervention for 4weeks, for 3days per week  each session of 45mins

Study design: A Randomized control trial

Sample size: 66

**Participants:**Patients with Lateral epicondylitis

Sampling method: Simple random sampling

Study duration: 2 Year

Materials to be used: Consent form, sphygmomanometer, scale, paper, Stopwatch, pen

Outcome Measures

1.      Hand grip strength measured with Sphygmomanometer

2.      Dexterity measured by Jebson Taylor hand function scale

PROCEDURE

After receiving ethical clearance by the Institutional Ethical Committee of Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam College of Physiotherapy, PIMS-DU.  The participants were selected on the basis the inclusion and exclusion criteria mentioned above. The consent of the participants will be taken, the ones willing to participate in the project will be selected. All information, procedure of the study, how it will be beneficial to the participants will be explained. Patient with Lateral epicondylitis aged 30 to 50 will be selected. The participants will be randomly distributed into two exercise groups:

Group A Task Oriented Exercises

Group B Conventional exercises

All groups received training for 45 minutes three times a week for four weeks

STUDY VARIABLES

NAME OF VARIABLE

MEASUREMENT SCALE

MEASUREMENT METHOD

|AGE

NOMINAL

VERBALLY

|GENDER

NOMINAL

OBSERVATION

|HAND GRIP STRENGTH

INTERVAL

SPHYGMOMANOMETER

|DEXTERITY

INTERVAL

JEBSON HAND FUNCTION SCALE

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

Statistical Analysis will be done using appropriate test.

STUDY PERIOD

2 years from the time of approval of the study.

AMENDMENT OF PROTOCOL

No change in the study procedure shall be affected without the mutual agreement of investigator, physician and ethical committee.

CONFIDENTIALITY

The identity of patient generated in the study will be bounded in strict confidence. The remaining data will be available only to the investigator involved in the study and to the regulatory authorities.