Clinical trial NCT01210833: Using HandTutor With Traumatic Hand Injuries: Characterizing the System
Official title: Using HandTutor With Traumatic Hand Injuries: Characterizing the System
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Hand Injuries
Keywords: Finger Fractures
Tendon Injuries
Soft Tissue Injuries
Lead sponsor: Meir Medical Center
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2010-09-29
Enrollment: 30
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 60
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: HandTutor is a computerized system designed to evaluate and rehabilitate hand function. It is composed of a glove with optic sensors detecting the movements of the wrist and the fingers with a biofeedback software designed to evaluate and then to exercise the hand movements through supplying a variety of computer graphic patterns.

The HandTutor has been used and tested with a stroke population, and it seems potential to be used with hand injuried population. As a first step, it is important to investigate the characteristics of the system and how it is matching the hand injuried population.

The purpose if this study is to characterize the HandTuror system and the focused objectives are:

1. To examine the test-retest reliability of the system when measuring the range of motion (ROM) of the the fingers among healthy people (control group).
2. To examine the correlation between the ROM measured by the HandTutor and the ROM measured by conventional assessment tools (goniometer).
3. To examine the ability of the system to distinguish between healthy people and hand injured people.
4. To examine the correlation between the performance in the HandTutor (in the games part), and the performance in functional activities.
5. To examine the participants feedback for using the HandTutor (degree of enjoyment).


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Hand Injuries causing a disfunction of one finger or more of the fingers 2nd-5th.
* Six weeks at least after the injury/surgery.
* Allowed to exercise their fingers with no contraindications according to the orthopedic surgeon instructions.
* With no open wounds.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Peripheral nerves injuries.
* Digital nerves injuries.
* Sensation problems.
* CRPS-complex regional pain syndrome.
* Cognitive impairments.
* Head trauma.

Primary outcomes:
measure: range of movement (ROM)
timeFrame: up to 12 months after the injury
Secondary outcomes:
measure: performance in HandTutor
timeFrame: up to 12 months after the injury
measure: daily life functioning
timeFrame: up to 12 months after the injury
measure: motor performance skills
timeFrame: up to 12 months after the injury
measure: enjoyment
timeFrame: up to 12 months after the injury
measure: pain
timeFrame: up to 12 months after the injury
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Naẕerat 'Illit
country: Israel
facility: Clalit Health Service, Southern Clinic, Occupational Therapy Department
Study officials:
affiliation: Clalit Health Service, Southern Clinic, Occupational Therapy Department, Naẕerat 'Illit, Israel, 04-6557444, manalaz@clalit.org.il
name: Manal A. Najjar, M.Sc. in O.T
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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