Measurement of Handgrip Strength and Pinch of Children and Adolescents Using an Electronic Dynamometer

Hand Strength Clinical Trial

Official title:

Measurement of Handgrip Strength and Pinch of Children and Adolescents Using an Electronic Dynamometer

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03463447
• Other study ID #: CAAE: 67689517.7.0000.5497
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 6, 2018
• Last updated: March 13, 2018
• Start date: May 8, 2017
• Est. completion date: November 23, 2017

Study information

• Verified date: March 2018
• Source: University of Mogi das Cruzes
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study has quantified the hand strength in movements of handgrip and pinch with electronic dynamometer.

Description:

The hand is considered the most improved tool and differentiated of the human, with great importance in the accomplishment of numerous actions due to an essential function: The handgrip strength. The handgrip and pinch movements are very important for an accomplishment of daily activities. For an evaluation of the movements, the dynamometry has been used in many fields of health and frequently in the area of rehabilitation. However, if the type of dynamometer used is not suitable for children, a measurement of the handgrip may be compromised. Therefore, the present study verified the effectiveness of an electronic dynamometer to evaluate the handgrip strength and pinch in children and adolescents.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 360
• Est. completion date: November 23, 2017
• Est. primary completion date: September 4, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 6 Years to 17 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• neurological disorder Absence

• Informed Consent signed by the responsible

• with preserved cognitive.

• consent form signed by the volunteer

Exclusion Criteria:

• change Absence of skeletal muscle in the upper limbs

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Hand Strength

Intervention

Device:
• Electronic Dynamometer
Mensuration of the handgrip strength of each volunteer using an electronic dynamometer.
• Hydraulic dynamometer
Mensuration of the handgrip strength of each volunteer using a hydraulic dynamometer.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	Silvia Regina Matos da Silva Boschi	Mogi das Cruzes	São Paulo

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Mogi das Cruzes

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Force	The force of handgrip, pinch pulp-side and pinch pulp-pulp movement. The test was measured 3 times with 1 minute interval . Unit of measurement: kilogram - force (kgf).	15 minutes
Secondary	Anthropometric variables (weight)	weight of the volunteer. Unit of measurement: kilogram (Kg)	1 minute
Secondary	Anthropometric variables (height)	height of the volunteer. Unit of measurement: meters (m)	1 minute
Secondary	Anthropometric variables (Measurements of the hands)	Measurements of the hands of each volunteer were evaluated. Unit of measurement: centimeters (cm)	3 minutes