Effectiveness of an Intervention Program for Fine Motor Skills

Universidad de Granada40 enrolled

Overview

Investigators have created a protocol of intervention to treating the general disability of upper limbs.

A protocol of intervention for fine motor skills will be performed on institutionalized elderly people. This protocol consist on implementation of a manual activity that it is well known in the clinical setting. This activity will enhance several skills such as strength, coordination of upper limbs, range of motion, general auto-efficacy and the quality of life. The intervention or rehabilitation will be implemented for two month.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Hand Injuries

Interventions

Intervention for fine motor skillsOTHER

Implementation of an well known activity to improve the function of upper extremities

Support to activities of daily livingOTHER

Participants are supported and orientated when they are performing some activity of daily living scheduled by the institution

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 65 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Institutionalized elderly people, on a full or part-time. * Voluntary participation. Exclusion Criteria: * Cognitive impairment (\< 23 in normal school population and \< 20 points with a low education or illiteracy, in Spanish validation of Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE)). * Postural control problems. * Balance disorders, while the subject is seated.

Locations (1)

Maria Encarnación Aguilar Ferrandiz

Granada, Granada, Spain

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change from Baseline in Disability of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) questionnaire at 8 weeks

Time frame: Eight weeks

Change from Baseline in Disability of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) questionnaire at 16 weeks

Time frame: Sixteen weeks

Secondary Outcomes

Change from Baseline in General self-efficacy at 8 weeks

Time frame: Eight weeks

Change from Baseline in General self-efficacy at 16 weeks

Time frame: Sixteen weeks

Change from Baseline in Purdue Pegboard Tests at 8 weeks

Time frame: Eight weeks

Change from Baseline in Purdue Pegboard Tests at 16 weeks

Time frame: Sixteen weeks

Change from Baseline in finger goniometer at 8 weeks

Active and passive measures of motion in first, second and fifth fingers of dominant hand will be recorded .

Time frame: Eight weeks

Change from Baseline in finger goniometer at 16 weeks

Active and passive measures of motion in first, second and fifth fingers of dominant hand will be recorded .

Time frame: Sixteen weeks

Change from Baseline in Pinch Gauge at 8 weeks

Time frame: Eight weeks

Change from Baseline in Pinch Gauge at 16 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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