Evaluation of Wrist Muscle Strength
Conditions
Keywords
wrist muscle strength
Brief summary
Use the system to evaluate of wrist muscle strength.
Detailed description
The muscle strength of involved wrist muscles may be gradually reduced as aging, and impair their operating skills and even life quality of the elderly. This study has proposed an evaluation system of wrist muscle strength to grip or twist. This system consists of a torque meter (FUTEK TDF400) and three plugs/sockets for simulation of common grip or twist in daily living. This study has completed to evaluate the wrist muscle strength of men and women. In addition to the effects of age and gender, this study analyzes the influence of applied force and its plug/socket diameter on the wrist muscle strength. Simultaneously, this study measured the effect of proper forearm supporter to alleviate pain and improve the wrist and grip strength in the subjects with tennis elbow. And quantitative surface EMG was used to analyze the relationship between different forearm muscles involved. In order to achieve the user-friendly effect, this system intergraded with Cloud service and Bluetooth technology, and developed a portable and intelligent evaluation system of wrist muscle strength. It can help medical personnel to assess and analysis of real-time data. The traditional training of wrist muscle is using grip or grasp a soft tennis ball. In this study a portable grip ball training system is developed. It consists of a pressure sensor and LabVIEW program. It's expected to reduce the risk of injury of the elderly in their daily lives.
Interventions
DEVICEForearm supporter
The forearm supporter be use in tennis elbow.
DEVICEGrip ball
Sponsors
National Taiwan University Hospital
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
20 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Between 20 and 75 years old. * No significant upper extremity joint pain or nerve palsy.(patients with tennis elbow typical of lateral elbow pain) * Never received surgical treatment of upper limb joints * No significant history of cardiovascular disease
Exclusion criteria
* Significant disturbance of consciousness * Unable to communicate with hearing and speech mode * Lack of mental ability * Emotional instability * Significant systemic disease * With upper limb joints or muscles, tendons obvious lesions
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| wrist muscle strength | two years |
Countries
Taiwan
Outcome results
None listed