NCT02965352

Peripheral for Quantify Strength of Children Functional During the Pinch Movement

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Mogi das Cruzes · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 7 Years – 10 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study has developed a peripheral to quantify the functional strength of children without motor change during the movement of grip and pinch. It was possible to know the exact values of these strengths, the range of motion that was made, and also if the grip strength was maintained during all the arc of motion.

Detailed description

Since childhood, it has been necessary to produce sufficient force to grip and pinch, for performing daily tasks independently; therefore, measurements of these forces end up being useful markers to evaluate the performance and the physical development of the child. It was developed a peripheral containing three devices and instrumented for analyzing the force applied during execution of the cylindrical grip movement, pinch pulp-side and pinch pulp-pulp in different situations of the daily life of the volunteer. The data acquisition interface was developed in a software for data recording. For the peripheral functionality tests, thirty volunteers of both genders were selected. They were also students of the Sports Secretary, with no motor abnormalities, between seven and ten years old.

Conditions

• Hand Strength

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Door handle device	To evaluate the cylindrical grip movement, it was used a door handle, which evaluated all the strength at the arc of motion
DEVICE	Linear switch device	To evaluate the pulp-pulp pinch movement, it was used one linear switch, which evaluated all the strength at the motion displacement.
DEVICE	Door key device	To evaluate the pulp-side pinch movement, it was used a door key, which evaluated all the strength at the arc of motion

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-06-01
• Primary completion: 2015-12-01
• Completion: 2015-12-01
• First posted: 2016-11-16
• Last updated: 2016-11-21