Hand Grasp, Muscle Weakness Condition
Conditions
Keywords
Hand grip strength, key pinch, risk factors, students, Key pinch, Risk factors, Students
Brief summary
Texting and writing are common hand activities among college students. Students tend to spend increasing hours of texting and writing for every day activities in addition to the academic assignments that are mainly on line and through distance education. The effect of such daily activities on hand grip and key pinch strength has not been studied among college students.
Detailed description
Students will be recruited from physical therapy department of college of medical rehabilitation sciences after satisfying the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of the four groups (texting 10 minutes, texting 15 minutes, writing 10 minutes and writing 15 minutes). Participants will be blinded to the outcome measures and the evaluator will be blinded to the participants assigned group. Hand grip strength and key pinch strength will be the main outcome measures. Participants demographics will be gathered in addition to recreational status, risk factors, pain body diagram and number of hours spent for texting and writing in every day life.
Interventions
OTHERTexting- 10 minutes
Participants will practice texting for 10 minutes using smart phone.
OTHERWriting- 10 minutes
Participants will practice writing on notebook for 10 minutes.
OTHERTexting- 15 minutes
Participants will practice texting for 15 minutes using smart phone.
OTHERWriting- 15 minutes
Participants will practice writing on notebook for 15 minutes.
Sponsors
King Saud University
General Committee of Teaching Hospitals and Institutes, Egypt
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)
Masking description
Outcome assessor will be masked to the participant's assigned activity and participants will be masked to the exact outcome measures.
Intervention model description
Participants will be randomly assigned to one of the parallel four groups
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 24 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Active college student * Healthy * Willing to participate * Using smart phones& electronics * Hand writing for \> 10 minutes/day
Exclusion criteria
* Recent upper limbs injury (sprain& strain) * Chronic neurological disorder * Carpal tunnel syndrome * De Quervain's disease * Diabetic neuropathy
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hand grasp Hand grasp | Up to 12 weeks | Grip strength of the right- hand dominant will be measured at two wrist positions. |
| Key pinch | Up to 12 weeks | Key pinch strength of the right- hand dominant will be measured. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Borg CR-10 | Up to 12 weeks | Rating the perceived exertion just after hand activity session. |
Countries
Saudi Arabia
Outcome results
None listed