NCT06072261

The Effect of Handgrip Strength on Functional Level

The Effect of Handgrip Strength on Functional Level in Elderly People Having Lower Extremity Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (actual)
• Sponsor: Suleyman Demirel University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

In this study, it was aimed to examine the effects of kinesio tape applied to the forearm extensor muscles on the functional level of patients undergoing lower extremity surgery with walker ambulation. Patients who were evaluated before being included in the post-surgical rehabilitation program (before kinesio tape application) and before discharge will be included in the study group. For the control group data, patients who underwent lower extremity surgery at the same institution for similar periods, but were included in the standard rehabilitation program, but did not apply kinesio tape, will be included. Standard rehabilitation practice includes in-bed transfer training, gait training, practice of daily living activities, and therapeutic exercise practices . Before the standard rehabilitation program, kinesio taping was applied to both upper extremities in the form of a "Y" tape from the medial epicondyle to the wrist flexors, with 15-20% tension, to the patients hospitalized in the orthopedic service after lower extremity surgery. The tape should remain on the patient's arm throughout the hospital stay

Detailed description

In the literature, as predictors of poor functional recovery after lower extremity fracture and prosthetic surgery; old age, low functional level before fracture, cognitive impairment, comorbidities, living alone, and long hospital stay have been shown. Although the lower extremity has a higher relationship than the upper extremity in activities such as walking and physical function, the grip strength, which is closely related to the lower extremity strength, is an easily measurable, reliable, and applicable method for assessing whole body strength.In addition, handgrip strength is used as an important criterion in determining the functional level of elderly individuals. Although there are many studies in the literature that grip strength is a determinant of functional level, no study has been encountered showing the effects of kinesio taping application on the functional level of improving grip strength in elderly individuals who have undergone lower extremity surgery and provided with walker assisted ambulation.

Conditions

• Rehabilitation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	kinesio tape application	Before the standard rehabilitation program, kinesio taping was applied to both upper extremities in the form of a "Y" tape from the medial epicondyle to the wrist flexors, with 15-20% tension, to the patients hospitalized in the orthopedic service after lower extremity surgery. The tape should remain on the patient's arm throughout the hospital stay

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-04-15
• Primary completion: 2023-08-01
• Completion: 2023-09-15
• First posted: 2023-10-10
• Last updated: 2023-10-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)