NCT00866125

Hand Function in Patients With Poly- or Dermatomyositis

Hand Function, Health Related Quality of Life and Activity Performance in Patients With Polymyositis or Dermatomyositis.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 31 (actual)
• Sponsor: Karolinska Institutet · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate the hand function in patients with poly-and dermatomyositis and compare this to healthy individuals and norm values and secondly if hand function correlates to activity performance and health related quality of life. The study is a cross-sectional study. To assess hand function the investigators will measure grip force with Grippit and arm/hand mobility using EPM-ROM scale. The activity performance will be measured with Myositis Activities Profile and health related quality of life will be assessed with SF-36. The investigators' hypothesis is that hand function is reduced in comparison to the healthy population and that hand function affects both activity performance and health related quality of life.

Conditions

• Polymyositis
• Dermatomyositis

Timeline

• Start date: 2002-04-01
• Completion: 2002-08-01
• First posted: 2009-03-20
• Last updated: 2009-03-20