Validity of the 6-Minute Pegboard and Ring Test in Parkinson's Patients
NCT Number: NCT06482502
Status: RECRUITING
Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
Conditions: Parkinson Disease
Sponsor: Emre Şenocak
Sex: ALL
Age: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Enrollment: 34
Study Design: Observational Model: |Time Perspective: p
Start Date: 2024-05-20
Completion Date: 2024-12-31
Locations: İstanbul Medilife Beylikdüzü Hospital, İstanbul, 34520, Turkey

Summary:
Tests used to assess upper extremity endurance in Parkinson\&#39;s patients are limited. This study aimed to investigate whether the 6-Minute Pegboard and Ring Test (6-MPRT), which has been validated in many respiratory disease groups in previous studies, is an endurance assessment battery that can also be used in Parkinson\&#39;s patients. 6-MPRT, Weight Lifting Test, and 30-Second Arm Curl Test will be applied in the assessments. Assessments will be made twice on the same day by two different evaluators, 1 hour apart. After the first evaluation, the patient will be called for the second time 2 days later, and the same procedure will be repeated.

Primary Outcome Measures: 6-Minute Pegboard and Ring Test, The patient is in a sitting position. Opposite the patient are 4 metal rods located on a wooden table. Two of them are at shoulder level and the other two are 20 cm above shoulder level. During the test, the patient is asked to take the light rings at shoulder level with both hands at the same time and place them on the bars above. The higher the total number of rings carried indicates increased endurance., Baseline of the study (Assessor 1)|6-Minute Pegboard and Ring Test, The patient is in a sitting position. Opposite the patient are 4 metal rods located on a wooden table. Two of them are at shoulder level and the other two are 20 cm above shoulder level. During the test, the patient is asked to take the light rings at shoulder level with both hands at the same time and place them on the bars above. The higher the total number of rings carried indicates increased endurance., 2 days after the baseline assessment (Assessor 1)|6-Minute Pegboard and Ring Test, The patient is in a sitting position. Opposite the patient are 4 metal rods located on a wooden table. Two of them are at shoulder level and the other two are 20 cm above shoulder level. During the test, the patient is asked to take the light rings at shoulder level with both hands at the same time and place them on the bars above. The higher the total number of rings carried indicates increased endurance., Baseline of the study (Assessor 2)|6-Minute Pegboard and Ring Test, The patient is in a sitting position. Opposite the patient are 4 metal rods located on a wooden table. Two of them are at shoulder level and the other two are 20 cm above shoulder level. During the test, the patient is asked to take the light rings at shoulder level with both hands at the same time and place them on the bars above. The higher the total number of rings carried indicates increased endurance., 2 days after the baseline assessment (Assessor 2)|30-Second Arm Curl Test, This test is performed with dumbbells. A 2.5-kilogram (5-pound) dumbbell is used for women and a 4-kilogram (8-pound) dumbbell for men. The test is performed in a sitting position. Patients are asked to repeat forearm flexion-supination and extension-pronation movements with the dumbbells in their hands as fast as they can for 30 seconds. The number of moves completed gives the total score., Baseline of the study|Weight Lifting Test, This test is performed using dumbbells. Reference weights for women are 7 kg and for men are 10 kg. Patients will perform the test with each arm separately. The number of repetitions they can achieve is recorded. The test is performed standing., Baseline of the study (Assessor 2)
Secondary Outcome Measures: Demographic Data Form, This form was created by researchers and it consist of personal informations such as gender, age, body mass index, education, duration of disease, Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale, Modified Hoehn \& Yahr stage, using medicine, manual shoulder muscle strength, Baseline of the study