Effect of Texting and Writing on Grip and Pinch Strength

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Muscle Weakness Condition; Hand Grasp
• Interventions: Other: Texting- 15 minutes; Other: Writing- 10 minutes; Other: Writing- 15 minutes; Other: Texting- 10 minutes

• Registration Number: NCT04810416
• Lead Sponsor: General Committee of Teaching Hospitals and Institutes, Egypt

Brief Summary

Texting and writing are common hand activities among college students. Students tend to spend increasing hours of texting and writing for every day activities in addition to the academic assignments that are mainly on line and through distance education. The effect of such daily activities on hand grip and key pinch strength has not been studied among college students.

Detailed Description

Students will be recruited from physical therapy department of college of medical rehabilitation sciences after satisfying the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of the four groups (texting 10 minutes, texting 15 minutes, writing 10 minutes and writing 15 minutes). Participants will be blinded to the outcome measures and the evaluator will be blinded to the participants assigned group. Hand grip strength and key pinch strength will be the main outcome measures. Participants demographics will be gathered in addition to recreational status, risk factors, pain body diagram and number of hours spent for texting and writing in every day life.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-02-08
• Study First Submitted: 2021-03-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-03-18
• Study First Posted: 2021-03-23
• Primary Completion: 2021-04-30
• Study Completion: 2021-05-31
• Status Verified: 2022-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-10-12
• Last Update Posted: 2022-10-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

• Active college student
• Healthy
• Willing to participate
• Using smart phones& electronics
• Hand writing for > 10 minutes/day

Exclusion Criteria

• Recent upper limbs injury (sprain& strain)
• Chronic neurological disorder
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• De Quervain's disease
• Diabetic neuropathy

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Texting- 15 minutes	Texting- 15 minutes	Assigned participants will do texting for 15 minutes.
Writing- 10 minutes	Writing- 10 minutes	Assigned participants will do writing for 10 minutes.
Writing-15 minutes	Writing- 15 minutes	Assigned participants will do writing for 15 minutes.
Texting- 10 minutes	Texting- 10 minutes	Assigned participants will do texting for 10 minutes.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Hand grasp Hand grasp	Up to 12 weeks	Grip strength of the right- hand dominant will be measured at two wrist positions.
Key pinch	Up to 12 weeks	Key pinch strength of the right- hand dominant will be measured.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Borg CR-10	Up to 12 weeks	Rating the perceived exertion just after hand activity session.

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

College of Medical Rehabilitation Sciences; 🇸🇦 Medina, Saudi Arabia

College of medical rehabilitation sciences; 🇸🇦 Medina, Saudi Arabia