Clinical trial NCT04685434: Validity and Reliability of "Shriners Hospital Upper Extremity Evaluation" in Children With Rheumatic Disease
Official title: Validity and Reliability Study of "Shriners Hospital for Children Upper Extremity Evaluation" in Children With Rheumatic Disease
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Arm
Rheumatic Diseases
Child, Only
Keywords: rheumatic diseases
children
function
Lead sponsor: Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-12-28
Enrollment: 20
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 10
Maximum age (years): 18
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: the patients who applied to the pediatric rheumatology clinic in the university hospital

Brief summary: The most commonly used performance tests to evaluate upper extremity function in children diagnosed with rheumatic disease are the 9-hole peg test and Jebsen Taylor hand function tests. Although these tests have advantages such as being able to be applied in a short time, providing objective data, being easily applicable in the clinical environment, and being cost-effective, these tests are non-specific performance tests. Fine motor skills specific to rheumatic diseases, planned for children; There is no test battery that examines the mobility and position of each segment of the upper extremity during a function in detail.

The Shriners Hospital for Children Upper Extremity Evaluation (SHUEE) is a video-based assessment approved for use in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. In addition to spontaneous functional movement, it also evaluates the dynamical position, grip, and release movements of the upper extremity segments. Approved with a total of 22 questions/tasks observed for children aged 3-18. While the evaluation takes about 15 minutes, it takes about 15-30 minutes for the participant to score after the evaluation. The test battery can be created with the materials found in the physiotherapy clinic and is therefore very practical in terms of cost. In addition, due to the video recording of the evaluation, it provides a detailed examination opportunity to the evaluator both during and after the evaluation. However, it is superior to other tests in terms of creating a patient archive due to video recording.

This study aimed to introduce SHUEE to the literature as a new assessment tool to be used in pediatric rheumatic pathologies.

It is planned to include 25 volunteer pediatric patients diagnosed with rheumatic diseases in the study. Intra-observer and inter-observer reliability of SHUEE in children with a rheumatic diagnosis will be evaluated. For validity, the Jebsen-Taylor Hand Function test and Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire will be used.

Detailed description: Various questionnaires and test batteries are available to evaluate the functional activities of the upper extremities in children with upper extremity involvement. Among these questionnaires and test batteries, there are different performance tests evaluating the grip, wrist, and elbow movements in the upper extremity due to rheumatic disease. In the literature, the most common performance tests used in children diagnosed with rheumatic disease are the 9-hole peg test and the Jebsen Taylor hand function tests. Although these tests have advantages such as being able to be applied in a short time, providing objective data, being easily applicable in the clinical environment, and being accessible in terms of cost, these tests are non-specific performance tests. There is no test battery that examines the mobility and position of each segment of the upper extremity during a function in detail for motor skills specific to children with rheumatic diseases.

The Shriners Hospital for Children Upper Extremity Evaluation (SHUEE) is a video-based assessment validated for use in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. In addition to spontaneous functional movement, it also evaluates the dynamical position, grip, and release movements of the upper extremity segments. Approved with a total of 22 questions/tasks observed for children aged 3-18. While the evaluation takes about 15 minutes, it takes about 15-30 minutes for the participant to score after the evaluation. The test battery can be created with the materials found in the physiotherapy clinic and is therefore very practical in terms of cost.

SHUEE provides detailed information about the location of the upper extremity segments during the function. In addition, due to the video recording of the evaluation, it provides a detailed examination opportunity to the evaluator after the evaluation. However, it is superior to other tests in terms of creating a patient archive due to video recording.

This study aimed to introduce SHUEE to the literature as a new assessment tool to be used in pediatric rheumatic pathologies.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* To be in the 10-18 ages group (In order for the devices to comply with the minimum measurement criteria and to be able to cooperate with the study)
* Being diagnosed with rheumatic diseases at least 6 months ago with only upper extremity affected
* Unilateral upper extremity involvement

Exclusion Criteria:

* Having an acute pathology that could affect walking
* To be diagnosed with orthopedic/neurological pathology that will affect work and cooperation

Primary outcomes:
measure: Shriners Hospital Upper Extremity Evaluation
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Jebsen-Taylor Hand Function Test
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Shriners Hospital Upper Extremity Evaluation
timeFrame: after two weeks from baseline
Secondary outcomes:
measure: The Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire
timeFrame: Baseline
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Istanbul
country: Turkey
facility: Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa
Study officials:
References:
citation: Davids JR, Peace LC, Wagner LV, Gidewall MA, Blackhurst DW, Roberson WM. Validation of the Shriners Hospital for Children Upper Extremity Evaluation (SHUEE) for children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2006 Feb;88(2):326-33. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.E.00298.
citation: Ozdogan H, Ruperto N, Kasapcopur O, Bakkaloglu A, Arisoy N, Ozen S, Ugurlu U, Unsal E, Melikoglu M; Paediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organisation. The Turkish version of the Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire (CHAQ) and the Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ). Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2001 Jul-Aug;19(4 Suppl 23):S158-62.
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