An Intelligent Evaluation of Wrist Strength for the Elderly People and Its Clinical Application

July 13, 2014 updated by: National Taiwan University Hospital
Use the system to evaluate of wrist muscle strength.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The muscle strength of involved wrist muscles may be gradually reduced as aging, and impair their operating skills and even life quality of the elderly. This study has proposed an evaluation system of wrist muscle strength to grip or twist. This system consists of a torque meter (FUTEK TDF400) and three plugs/sockets for simulation of common grip or twist in daily living. This study has completed to evaluate the wrist muscle strength of men and women. In addition to the effects of age and gender, this study analyzes the influence of applied force and its plug/socket diameter on the wrist muscle strength. Simultaneously, this study measured the effect of proper forearm supporter to alleviate pain and improve the wrist and grip strength in the subjects with tennis elbow. And quantitative surface EMG was used to analyze the relationship between different forearm muscles involved. In order to achieve the user-friendly effect, this system intergraded with Cloud service and Bluetooth technology, and developed a portable and intelligent evaluation system of wrist muscle strength. It can help medical personnel to assess and analysis of real-time data. The traditional training of wrist muscle is using grip or grasp a soft tennis ball. In this study a portable grip ball training system is developed. It consists of a pressure sensor and LabVIEW program. It's expected to reduce the risk of injury of the elderly in their daily lives.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

160

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

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Study Locations

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

20 years to 75 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Between 20 and 75 years old.
  • No significant upper extremity joint pain or nerve palsy.(patients with tennis elbow typical of lateral elbow pain)
  • Never received surgical treatment of upper limb joints
  • No significant history of cardiovascular disease

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Significant disturbance of consciousness
  • Unable to communicate with hearing and speech mode
  • Lack of mental ability
  • Emotional instability
  • Significant systemic disease
  • With upper limb joints or muscles, tendons obvious lesions

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Forearm supporter
This study measured the effect of proper forearm supporter to alleviate pain and improve the wrist and grip strength in the subjects with tennis elbow.
Device: Forearm supporter
The forearm supporter be use in tennis elbow.
Experimental: Grip ball
In this study a portable grip ball training system is developed. This study use the grip ball to train the wrist muscle. It's expected to reduce the risk of injury of the elderly in their daily lives.
Device: Grip ball

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
wrist muscle strength
Time Frame: two years
two years

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

National Taiwan University Hospital

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

April 1, 2013

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

April 1, 2015

Study Completion (Anticipated)

July 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 9, 2014

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 13, 2014

First Posted (Estimate)

July 15, 2014

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

July 15, 2014

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 13, 2014

Last Verified

July 1, 2014

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Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 201302026RINB

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