Clinical Trial: Using HandTutor With Traumatic Hand Injuries: Characterizing the System

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: Using HandTutor With Traumatic Hand Injuries: Characterizing the System

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).

Detailed Summary:
Sponsor: Meir Medical Center

Current Primary Outcome: range of movement (ROM) [ Time Frame: up to 12 months after the injury ]

Passive and active ROM measured by goniometer, passive and active ROM measured by HandTutor


Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome:

  • performance in HandTutor [ Time Frame: up to 12 months after the injury ]
    The final score the participants get when exercising with the HandTutor.
  • daily life functioning [ Time Frame: up to 12 months after the injury ]
    Measured by DASH-Disability of Arm,Shoulder and Hand Questionnaire, and by Jebsen-Taylor Hand Function Test.
  • motor performance skills [ Time Frame: up to 12 months after the injury ]
    Measured by Purdue Pegboard Test
  • enjoyment [ Time Frame: up to 12 months after the injury ]
    Measured by SFQ-Specific feedback questionnaire.
  • pain [ Time Frame: up to 12 months after the injury ]
    Measured by VAS-Visual analogue scale.


Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current

Information By: Meir Medical Center

Dates:
Date Received: August 29, 2010
Date Started: October 2010
Date Completion:
Last Updated: June 3, 2015
Last Verified: May 2015