NCT05194501

Unaffected Hand in Hemiplegia

EVALUATION OF THE FUNCTIONAL STATUS OF THE "UNAFFECTED" HAND IN HEMIPLEGIC PATIENTS

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 90 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ufuk University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The primary aim of our study is to evaluate the functional status of the unaffected hand in hemiplegic patients. The secondary aims are to compare the functional states of the unaffected hand between right and left hemiplegias, and to evaluate the relationships between the functional status of the unaffected hand and the healing phase of the hemiplegic side and activities of daily living. This cross-sectional study included 30 right hemiplegic and 30 left hemiplegic patients with a history of ischemic cerebrovascular accident (CVA) in the last 1 year and 30 healthy volunteers as a control group. Participants' data on age, gender, height, weight, comorbidities, time after stroke, and affected body half were recorded. In the patient group, the stages for the upper extremity and hand were evaluated according to the Brunnstrom recovery stages. Afterwards, the participants' hand grip strengths were evaluated with a Jamar type hand dynamometer, pinch strengths with a pinchmeter, and hand dexerity with the Nine Hole Peg Test (NHPT). Evaluations were made in the unaffected hand in the patient groups and in both hands in the control group. The Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale (Lawton-IADL) and the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) were applied to the patient groups.

Conditions

• Hemiplegia
• Upper Extremity Problem

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Nine Hole Peg Test, Jamar dynamometer, pinchmeter	Hand grip and pinch strengths: Hand grip strengths and tip pinch strengths were measured using a Jamar type hand dynamometer and pinchmeter available in our clinic. The Nine Hole Peg Test (NHPT): Hand dexerities were evaluated with the NHPT available in our clinic.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-03-05
• Primary completion: 2021-09-05
• Completion: 2021-09-05
• First posted: 2022-01-18
• Last updated: 2022-01-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)