The Influence of Laterality on the Performance of Healthy Women in Selected Standardized Tests

The Influence of Laterality on the Performance of Healthy Women Aged 20-24 Years in Selected Standardized Tests Assessing the Upper Limbs Function

The aim of the research study is to find out how the results of healthy women aged 20-24 years (inclusive) differ in the Nine Peg Test, the Purdue Pegboard Test and the Box and Block Test, depending on the laterality of the research participants and the order of the performed subtests of the investigated tests. In this way, it will be preliminarily determined whether it is necessary to create normative data separately for right-handed and left-handed people for the tests.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Motor Activity
• Intervention / Treatment: Diagnostic test: Nine Hole Peg Test, Purdue Pegboard Test, Box and Block Test

Detailed Description

Research participants will be tested in one meeting after giving informed consent, answering a few short questions regarding health status and filling out a short questionnaire using the Czech extended version of the manual for all three standardized tests, and always according to a predetermined order. Intentionally, all research participants with a dominant right upper limb will be tested as if they were left-handed, and vice versa.

The results of the research participants tested in this way will be compared with the results of women from the same age category who have already been properly tested as part of an ongoing research study entitled: "Establishing Czech Norms of Selected Standardized Tests".

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Estimated): 60

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Kateřina Rybářová, Mgr.; Phone Number: 224968517; Email: katerina.rybarova@lf1.cuni.cz

Study Locations

• Czechia
  • Praha, Czechia
    • Recruiting
    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague
    • Contact: Kateřina Rybářová, Mgr.; Phone Number: 224968517; Email: katerina.rybarova@lf1.cuni.cz

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 20 years to 24 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

healthy women from the Czech Republic

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Czech language as a mother tongue
• age from 20 to 24 years (inclusive)
• female

Exclusion Criteria:

• diagnosed pathology of the upper limbs or diseases that negatively affect the dexterity of their limbs
• use of drugs affecting attention
• vision impairment uncorrectable with glasses
• severe hearing loss
• inability to understand instructions
• inability to read or write
• inability to complete testing
• failure to sign Informed consent for probation with inclusion to research and Consent to the collection and processing of personal data during the study at the General University Hospital in Prague

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Observational Models: Cohort
• Time Perspectives: Prospective

Number of groups / cohorts

2

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Czech healthy women tested in normative study; Czech healthy women aged 20-24 years tested in study called "Establishing Czech Norms of Selected Standardized Tests".	Diagnostic test: Nine Hole Peg Test, Purdue Pegboard Test, Box and Block Test; Research participants were tested in one meeting after giving informed consent, answering a few short questions regarding health status and filling out a short questionnaire using the Czech extended version of the manual for the Nine Hole Peg Test, Purdue Pegboard Test and Box and Block Test, and always according to a predetermined order. Intentionally, all research participants from experimental group with a dominant right upper limb will be tested as if they were left-handed, and vice versa. All research participants from normative study were tested normally according to the Czech extended manuals for those tests.
Czech healthy women (experimental group); Czech healthy women aged 20-24 years (inclusive) who participated in the research in the period from January 2023.	Diagnostic test: Nine Hole Peg Test, Purdue Pegboard Test, Box and Block Test; Research participants were tested in one meeting after giving informed consent, answering a few short questions regarding health status and filling out a short questionnaire using the Czech extended version of the manual for the Nine Hole Peg Test, Purdue Pegboard Test and Box and Block Test, and always according to a predetermined order. Intentionally, all research participants from experimental group with a dominant right upper limb will be tested as if they were left-handed, and vice versa. All research participants from normative study were tested normally according to the Czech extended manuals for those tests.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
results from the Purdue Pegboard Test	number of parts put in the Pegboard according to the rules	25 minutes
results from the Nine Hole Peg Test	time in seconds and hundreds of seconds	10 minutes
results from the Box and Block Test	number of transported blocks	30 minutes

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Charles University, Czech Republic
• Investigators: Study Director: Kateřina Rybářová, Mgr., Charles University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 19, 2023
• Primary Completion (Estimated): October 30, 2024
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 14, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 14, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): December 22, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): February 15, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 14, 2024
• Last Verified: February 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: occupational therapy; Purdue Pegboard Test; fine motor skills; Nine Hole Peg Test; Box and Block Test
• Other Study ID Numbers: 219/22 S-IV

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No