Increase of Handgrip Strength After the Use of Removable Partial Dentures.

• Conditions: Sarcopenia

• Registration Number: NCT04606745
• Lead Sponsor: Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica

Brief Summary

A common goal of the health professions is to keep the elderly functional, preventing sarcopenia and frailty. Is there an association between handgrip strength in partially edentulous elderlies after completing their dentition with removable partial dentures?

Detailed Description

A common goal of the health professions is to keep the elderly functional, preventing sarcopenia and frailty. Is there an association between handgrip strength in partially edentulous elderlies after completing their dentition with removable partial dentures?

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-10-01
• Status Verified: 2020-10
• Study First Submitted: 2020-10-22
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-10-22
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-10-22
• Study First Posted: 2020-10-28
• Last Update Posted: 2020-10-28
• Primary Completion: 2020-12-31
• Study Completion: 2021-01-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

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

Inclusion Criteria

• agree to participate by signing the voluntary informed consent form
• qualify according to the Eichner Index in any of the categories that represent the loss of premolars and molars: B3-B4-C1-and C2.

Exclusion Criteria

• not accepting to participate
• cognitive or auditory sensory impairment-
• being dependent in activities of daily living
• belonging to another category of the Eichner Index

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Handgrip strength	18 months	role of use of removable partial dentures (RPD) in handgrip strength in octogenarians

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Universidad de Chile; 🇨🇱 Santiago, Chile