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  • Year: 

    1399
  • Volume: 

    17
  • Issue: 

    1
  • Pages: 

    0-0
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    0
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    190
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زمینه و هدف: . اختلالات اسکلتی عضلانی به صدمات و بیماری های ماهیچه ها، تاندون ها، لیگامان ها، مفاصل، اعصاب، رگ های خونی و کلیه ساختارهای حمایتی که در حرکت نقش دارند اطلاق میشود. رابطه علی این صدمات با ریسک فاکتورهای ارگونومیکی به اثبات رسیده است. گرچه این اختلالات اغلب منجر به فوت نمی شود لکن ناتوانی و حتی از کار افتادگی دائم پیامدهای معمولی آن است. دست انسان دارای سیستم اسکلتی عضلانی پیچیده و خاصی است که کارهای متعددی را به درستی انجام میدهد. نیروی چنگش معمولا عملکرد دست را ارزیابی می کند و به عنوان نشانه ای از سلامت عمومی، سلامت فیزیکی و عملکرد ماهیچه ای محسوب می گردد. کینزیوتیپ به منظور حصول اثرات درمانی مختلف مانند بهبود گردش خون، تسکین یا مهار درد مستقیما روی پوست قرار داده میشود. نیروی چنگش نیز معمولا عملکرد دست را ارزیابی میکند و نشانه ای از سلامت عمومی محسوب میگردد. در مونتاژکاران به دلیل اینکه قسمتی از بدن مکررا و بدون استراحت مورد استفاده قرار میگیرد، خطر ابتلا به اختلالات اسکلتی عضلانی افزایش میابد. این مطالعه با هدف بررسی تاثیر استفاده همزمان از کینزیوتیپ و انجام حرکات ورزشی بر حداکثر قدرت Key pinch در صنایع الکتریکی انجام شد. روش بررسی: این مطالعه کارآزمایی بالینی روی 40 کارگر زن شاغل در واحد مونتاژ انجام شد. افراد به مدت هشت هفته و هر هفته دو بار به انجام ورزش و استفاده از کینزیوتیپ پرداختند. بمنظور اندازه گیری قدرت Key pinch قبل و بعد از مداخله از دستگاه پینچ گیج مدل"SH 5005 SAEHAN Hydraulic pinch Gauge, South Korea" و برای ارزیابی ناتوانی اندام فوقانی هم از پرسشنامه DASH استفاده شد. داده ها با استفاده از نرم افزار SPSS 20، آزمون تی زوجی و پیرسون تجزیه و تحلیل و P value کمتر از 05/0 معنادار تلقی گردید. یافته ها: در این مطالعه آزمون تی زوجی نشان داد که بین میانگین قدرت Key pinch دست راست و چپ و نیز ناتوانی اندام فوقانی بعد و قبل استفاده همزمان از کینزیوتیپ و ورزش و فقط ورزش، تفاوت معناداری وجود دارد؛ به عبارتی کینزیوتیپ و ورزش روی افزایش قدرت Key pinch تاثیر مثبتی داشته است. از طرفی کینزیوتیپ و ورزش باعث کاهش ناتوانی اندام فوقانی شده است. گفتنی است این موارد در گروه کنترل مشاهده نگرید. در این مطالعه، ضریب همبستگی پیرسون نشان داد که از بین متغیرهای دموگرافیک، سن با قدرت Key pinch دست راست رابطه منفی و معناداری و با نمره ناتوانی اندام فوقانی رابطه مثبت و معناداری داشت و بین سایر متغیرها رابطه معناداری حاصل نگردید. نتیجه گیری: طبق نتایج می توان بیان نمود، انجام تمرینات ورزشی حداقل 2 یا 3 جلسه در طول هفته در ساعات کاری، در افزایش قدرت Key pinch هر دو دست و نیز کاهش ناتوانی اندام فوقانی مونتاژکاران تاثیر گذار است. لذا توصیه میگردد به منظور افزایش بازدهی در برنامه ی کاری پرسنل انجام حرکات ورزشی گنجانده شود. همچنین پیشنهاد می گردد، در خصوص استفاده از کینزیوتیپ در اندام های مختلف و تاثیر آن در بهبود درد و عملکرد کارگران و کارمندان و نیز مردان، بررسی های لازم صورت پذیرد.

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Issue Info: 
  • Year: 

    2020
  • Volume: 

    17
  • Issue: 

    1
  • Pages: 

    0-0
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    0
  • Views: 

    160
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    0
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Background and Aims: Musculoskeletal risk factors are multi factorial with physical and psychosocial factors. Physical and Psychosocial risk factors include repetitive tasks, awkward postures, the use of force and job satisfaction, workplace stress, respectively. Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) refer to those in which muscles, blood vessels and nerves around such joints as the neck, shoulder, elbow, wrists, fingers, lower back and leg are involved. WMSDs can reduce working time, lower productivity and increase the health costs of industrial labor in both industrially developed and developing countries. The risk of MSDs increases when a body part is repeatedly used without any time for rest. These disorders are the main cause of disabilities and loss of productivity in the developed countries and are common among workers. Proper workstation design is essential especially in the industries that require manual operation by the operator. Neglecting ergonomic factors in the designation of the workstation causes damage to the musculoskeletal system of the individual workers. In the assembly lines, most of the tasks involve repetitive and precise activities, so assembly workers in these occupations suffer from the resulting physical as well as psychological stresses, which ultimately lead to musculoskeletal disorders. Work-related musculoskeletal disorders among the assembly workers of an electronic component manufacturing industry showed that more than half of the participants reported pain in their shoulder, wrists and lower back. On other hand, in assembly workers, the risk of these disorders increases because the part of the body is used successively and without rest. Although, hand pinch strength threshold is the best way to identify people at risk of limitation of motion, it is not yet fully known. pinch strength assesses the function of hand. Measurement of pinch strength provides valuable information about the function and status of the upper limb and the neuromuscular system. pinch strength can also be used as a measure of the amount of muscular damage or neurological impaired caused by trauma or surgery. In addition, pinch strength is a good indication of a person's overall physical condition. Assessment of pinch strength, compared to other tests, is simple, easy and of high reproducibility pinch strength occurs when gripping with any of the fingers or a combination thereof, in concordance with the movement of the thumb whit no palm contact. Kinesio tape is a thin porous cloth with acrylic gluey. This adhesive tape can be stretched up to 140% of its normal length, allowing the joint and muscle to move in their full range without limiting the movement of the joint and the muscle. The mechanism of Kinesio tape therapeutic effect on pain relief is still unclear. In 1998, Kase and his colleagues found that the localized blood flow increases below the area that was taped. Kinesio tape are used in muscle treatment in two ways: 1. For muscles that are elongated, or the muscles in acute phase or those that are involved in overwork activities, the brigade is pushed from the muscular end to the muscle's origin, with the aim of inhibiting muscle function. 2-For muscles that are in the chronic phase or weak muscles, the type is pulled from the muscle origin to the muscle end, which facilitates muscle function. The current study investigates the simultaneous effect of Kinesio Taping and exercise on maximal Key pinch force in Electronically Company. Methods: This research is a clinical trial study of women workers in the assembly unit of an electrical equipment manufacturing industry. In one session the purpose and a complete overview of the study was fully explained to the 100 female workers employed in the assembly line of the manufacturing company. Selection criteria in this study were the lack of any 1) hand surgery in recent years, 2) osteoporosis, 3) hand fracture or disorder in a hand part and 4) malignant diseases or any known diseases that may affect the variables under study that were determined by the questionnaire and the interviews. Exclusion criteria also were 1) unwillingness to cooperate, 2) irregular participating in doing exercises 3) not completing the research tests and 4) having allergy to kinesio tape adhesives. Out of the one hundred workers invited, 66 accepted to participate in the study. Six workers were also excluded from these 66 participants due to lacking eligibility criteria for entering the program. In addition, during the study, seven workers in the control group showed unwillingness to cooperate, four workers from the exercise group were absent in more than 50% of the exercise sessions and nine workers in the taping and exercise group had adhesive allergy or showed non-willingness to cooperate. Therefore, 40 workers (11 in the taping & exercise intervention group, 16 in the exercise intervention group and 13 in the control group) were the research participants. The DASH (Disability of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand) questionnaire was used to measure the functional impairment of the upper extremity of the workers. The DASH self-assessment questionnaire contains 30 questions measuring performance and physical symptoms. This questionnaire was designed to describe the upper limb disabilities and disorders experienced by individuals as well as to monitor changes in the symptoms and functions over time. Each question has five alternatives to select: from "no difficulty" to "unable to perform activity" that are ranked in a scale of one to five points. Finally, the questionnaire score is calculated using the existing formulas. In 2008, Moussavi et al. translated the questionnaire into Persian and confirmed its validity and reliability. To measure pinch strength of hand, the American Society of Hand Therapists (ASHT) protocol was used. According to its instruction, the participants sit on a chair in such a way that their arms are held tightly to their body without any rotation, and the wrists are in the position of 0-30 degrees of extension and 0-15 degrees of deflection to the ulnar. In this study, the pinch strength was measured three times for both hands, and the average of the three times of maximum effort of the individual to the dynamometer handle was recorded as the hand pinch strength per kg force. Reliability and validity of the Jamar dynamometer for measuring grip strength have been documented and it is described as a standard for measuring the hand strength. The intervention was performed for eight consecutive weeks, twice a week. All sessions were supervised by the physiotherapist and were during work hours at the workplace. At the beginning of each session and after preparing for exercises, the participants performed four trained stretching and strengthening exercises with a 30-second rest between repetitions. The first exercise was the bending of the wrist. In the second exercise, while the palm was placed on the table, the other hand was put on it and the participant tried to raise his fingers from the table. In the third exercise, while the elbow was straight, the participant held the first hand fingers with the other hand and held the wrist once up and once down. In the last exercise, while the wrist was straight, the fingers were bent from the second clause and kept in the same mode. At the end of the exercises, and after putting the kinesio tape on the hands of the first intervention group, the participants returned to their workplace to continue working. It should be noted that when exercising, the participants should not use kinesio tape. Data were analyzed by SPSS 20, paired T test and Pearson correlation coefficient and the P value was considered smaller than 0. 05. Results: The present study was conducted on 40 female assemblers working in the electrical industry. The mean and standard deviation of the quantitative data are observable in Table 1. Conclusion: According to the results, it seems that doing at least 2 or 3 sessions per week during working hours and also using of Kinsio taping, lead to the increase in Key pinch force and decrease in the upper limb disability. Therefore, it is recommended that the exercise program be included in the personnel work program to improve performance. It is also recommended that further studies be conducted to investigate the use of kinesio types in different organs and their effects on improving the pain and performance of workers and employees as well as men.

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  • Year: 

    2013
  • Volume: 

    8
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  • Views: 

    148
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    75
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DATA ON THE PHYSICAL STRENGTH CAPABILITIES OF USERS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR DESIGNING THE SAFE AND USABLE PRODUCTS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE PEAK LATERAL pinch STRENGTH, Key pinch STRENGTH AND TIP-TO-TIP pinch STRENGTH AMONG 328 (104 MALES, 224 FEMALES) PARTICIPANTS AGED BETWEEN 7 AND 30 YEARS IN TABRIZ...

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Tibbi- i- kar

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  • Year: 

    2023
  • Volume: 

    15
  • Issue: 

    1
  • Pages: 

    17-25
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  • Citations: 

    0
  • Views: 

    89
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    0
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Introduction: In office tasks, pinch gripping of tools such as pen, paper, mouse, and Keys are required during most working hours. This study aimed to determine the effect of demographic factors and working with a computer on office workers' hand grip and pinch strength. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional analytical study, after recording the demographic characteristics, the hand grip and pinch strength of 174 employees of 20 offices of Birjand city with at least 3 hours of daily computer work was measured using a Jamar hand dynamometer and Saehan pinch gauge. The data were analyzed by SPSS statistical software version 16. In addition to descriptive statistics, ANOVA, independent t-test, and Pearson correlation coefficient were used. Results: The mean and standard deviation related to the age of the subjects were 37. 5 ±,7. 15 and 13 ±,7. 35 years. The relationship between the hand grip and pinch strength with the variables of sex, height, weight, and Handedness (except the tip of the males) was significant (P<0. 05), but with the variables of BMI, work experience, and age (except palmar of the dominant hand) was not significant. Computer work duration significantly affected the dominant hand's grip strength and both hands' palmar and tip pinch (P<0. 05). Conclusion: The results of this study show the effect of computer work duration on reducing office workers' hand grip and pinch strength. Therefore, it is recommended to apply ergonomic principles to maintain hand grip and pinch strength of computer users.

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  • Year: 

    0
  • Volume: 

    21
  • Issue: 

    84
  • Pages: 

    294-296
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    0
  • Views: 

    186
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ارزیابی و سنجش استدلال بالینی (Clinical Reasoning) یکی از مهم ترین وظایف دانشکده های پزشکی در اکثر نقاط جهان است. چندی است آزمون های استدلال بالینی در کشور ما هم مورد توجه قرار گرفته است و در آزمون های رسمی به کار گرفته می شود. مشاهده شده است در برخی مقالات و فرم های ارزشیابی دانشگاهی به Key Features (KF) و Key Feature Problems (KFPs) به تنهایی و یا در کنار هم اشاره شده است و این پرسش را پیش کشیده است که این دو چه تفاوتی با هم دارند. از این رو بر آن شدیم که پاسخ به این پرسش را در قالب این نوشتار کوتاه بیاوریم. استدلال بالینی دربرگیرنده ی فرایندهای شناختی (Cognitive) است که در طبابت (Clinical Practice) رخ می دهند، مانند تشخیص، درمان، تدبیر و پیش آگهی. فرآیند استدلال بالینی با جمع آوری اطلاعات آغاز می شود. پس از آن پزشک با افزودن تجارب و دانش خود برای حل مسأله طرحی می ریزد و دست به انجام مداخلاتی می زند. لازم به ذکر است که استدلال بالینی مفهومی وسیع است که شامل تصمیم گیری بالینی و حل مسأله هم می شود اما منحصر به آن نیست(1). مطالعات تجربی نشان داده اند استدلال بالینی مهارت عام (General) و جهانشمول (Universal) نیست که بتوان آن را در حل هر مسأله بالینی به کار گرفت، بلکه مهارتی است مختص به مورد (Case) یا مسأله بالینی که در صدد حل آن هستیم. به این پدیده وِیژه بود مسأله (Problem Specificity) یا ویژه بود زمینه و محتوا (context and content specificity) می گویند(2). بورداژ و پیج (Page و Bordage) برای اولین بار مفهوم مؤلفه های کلیدی (KF) را مطرح کردند. آنها نشان دادند حل هر مسأله بالینی به شناسایی و بهره گیری از تنها چند عنصر مهم و محوری آن مسأله مرتبط است که مؤلفه های کلیدی (Key Features) نامیده شد. البته همه یافته های مهم که برای تشخیص یا تدبیر یک مسأله بالینی به کار می آیند الزاما KF نیستند، بلکه یافته هایی KF محسوب می شوند که در حل مسأله بالینی چالش برانگیزند و در زمان تصمیم گیری بالینی باید حتماً آنها را لحاظ کرد(2و3). مثلاً در مرد میانسالی که با درد و تورم حاد پشت ساق پای چپ مراجعه کرده است، ریسک فاکتورهای DVT، سابقه ی زخم پا (جهت بررسی سلولیت)، سابقه ی فعالیت شدید بدنی (جهت بررسی پارگی عضلات)، سابقه ی تورم پشت زانو (رد کردن احتمال پارگی کیست بیکر) KF محسوب می شوند چرا که می توان بر اساس آنها درباره ی تشخیص نهایی تصمیم گرفت، در حالی که یافته های مانند تاکی کاردی، هموپتیزی، تب، فشار خون بالا مهم اما غیرکلیدی هستند. از همین رو ناگفته پیداست که KF نام هیچ آزمونی نیست. نظریه ی شرح نامه ی بیماری (Illness Script Theory) شرح دقیقی از این یافته های کلیدی و سنخ آنها می دهد. بر اساس این نظریه پزشکان برای تشخیص هر بیماری ساختاری از ذهن خود دارند که شرح نامه بیماری نامیده می شود و یافته های کلیدی و اقداماتی که برای تشخیص و تدبیر بالینی آن بیماری لازم است در آن وجود دارد. یافته های کلیدی هر شرح نامه چند گونه اند: یافته های بالینی، ریسک فاکتورها و اطلاعات زمینه ای (سن و جنس)، اقدامات تشخیص و تدابیر بالینی(4) ارزیابی مهارت های تصمیم گیری بالینی با رویکرد KF اولین بار در کنفرانسی در دانشگاه کمبریج در سال 1984 مطرح شد. در سال 1986 سازمان نظام پزشکی کانادا از پیج و بورداژ دعوت کرد تا بر اساس رویکرد مؤلفه های کلیدی، آزمون مناسب و استانداردی برای تصمیم گیری بالینی و جایگزین کردن آن به جای Patient Management Problem (PMP) طراحی کنند(5)، چرا که آزمون PMP پایایی کمی داشت، نمی توانست بین افراد با سطوح مختلف خبرگی افتراق دهد، تمرکزش بیش تر برجمع آوری اطلاعات بود تا تصمیم گیری بالینی مناسب. افزون بر این، نمرات آزمون PMP ارتباط زیادی با نمرات آزمون های ارزیابی دانش داشت(6و7). پس از شش سال پژوهش، پیج و بورداژ آزمون مؤلفه های کلیدی Key Feature Problems (KFPs) معرفی کردند که در آن مهارت استدلال بالینی داوطلبان بر اساس تصمیم گیری مبتنی بر مؤلفه های کلیدی (KFs) ارزیابی می شد. در مقایسه با آزمون PMP، در این آزمون محتوا و حجم هر سؤال و لاجرم زمان پاسخ دادن به آن کاهش پیدا کرده بود و بنابراین آزمون دهندگان در زمان یکسان به تعداد سؤال بیش تری پاسخ می دادند(5). KFPs به نام های دیگری چون KFEs), Key Feature Questions (KFQs))Key Feature Examinations و KF based tests و هم نامیده می شود. به لحاظ نظری، هر سؤالی که تمرکز آن بر مؤلفه های کلیدی است را می توانKFQ یا واجد رویکرد مؤلفه های کلیدی (KF approach) نامید. به عبارتی اطلاق نام KFQs به یک آزمون بر اساس رویکرد آزمون و نه شکل (فرمت) آن است. یعنی حتی یک آزمون OSCE هم می تواند بر اساس مؤلفه های کلیدی (KFs) سناریوهای بالینی طراحی شود، ولی در عمل عموماً عنوان KFQ به آزمونی نوشتاری یا کامپیوتری اطلاق می شود که در آن یک سناریوی کوتاه حاوی مؤلفه های کلیدی و غیرکلیدی مطرح می شود که داوطلب باید بر اساس آن دست به تصمیم گیری بالینی بزند مثلاً برای تشخیص نیاز به چه یافته های کلیدی دارید، برای تدبیر بالینی بیمار کدام اقدامات در اولویت است و پرسش هایی از این دست. جواب این سؤالات گاه پاسخ های کوتاه است و گاهی باید از یک سیاهه (لیست) انتخاب شوند. پژوهش های مختلف نشان داده اند که این آزمون روایی و پایایی قابل قبولی دارد(1). پس در مجموع می توان از رویکرد KF Approach و آزمون KF سخن گفت و این انگاره که KF و KFPs دو آزمون متفاوت هستند، نادرست است.

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    1394
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    2
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TJOE T.N. | LINNHOFF B.

Journal: 

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

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  • Year: 

    1986
  • Volume: 

    93
  • Issue: 

    -
  • Pages: 

    47-47
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  • Citations: 

    1
  • Views: 

    437
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  • Year: 

    2006
  • Volume: 

    25
  • Issue: 

    1
  • Pages: 

    45-58
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  • Citations: 

    0
  • Views: 

    2348
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    0
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Optimum design of heat exchanger networks is an important subject in process design practice. Scientists and researchers have put a lot of effort to develop new methodologies for design and optimization of such networks, using both mathematical and conceptual approaches. In conventional pinch analysis, as a conceptual approach, an initial network is first synthesized using pinch design method, and then optimized by implementation of appropriate rules and techniques. However, these rules and techniques do not involve pressure drop considerations. In a recent research, new optimization methodology has been developed that includes three stages, each of which comprises many algorithms. The first stage of this methodology, which focuses on heat load optimization, is explained in this article. The method of heat load optimization in this paper is based on this loop breaking rules and techniques, and at the same time makes use of mathematical programming to find optimum point. Due to the differences between the nature of grass-root and retrofit projects, different procedures have been developed accordingly. These new procedures have also been applied to two case studies (Aromatics as grass-root, and crude distillation unit, as retrofit) and the results proved to be as expected.Having optimized the two initial networks, 4 percent improvement in total annual cost of aromatics network and 6.5 percent improvement in investment or 11 percent improvement in payback of the CDU network were identified.

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  • Year: 

    2011
  • Volume: 

    13
  • Issue: 

    1 (58)
  • Pages: 

    64-69
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    1
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    961
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Physical disabilities are the most common side effects of Cerebro Vascular Accident (CVA) in adults. Hemiplegics individuals experience a wide range of functional disabilities including upper limb disabilities. Therefore, rehabilitation treatments are quit important in this regard. The aim of this study was to assess the correlation between pinch and grip strengths with dexterity in adult hemiplegia.METHODS: This cross-sectional study was carried out on 34 adult hemiplegic patients. All procedures were approved by ethical committee of Tehran University of Medical Sciences and written consents were also taken. Patients were familiarized with the procedure, pinch and grip strengths were measured by dynamometer according to the amount of kilograms and dexterity has evaluated by Minnesota manual dexterity test based on the number of seconds. Finally, the relationship of these factors was studied.FINDINGS: Age range of patients in this study was 50-70 years (mean=62.4±7.2 years). The average elapsed time from stroke was 22.3±10.4 months and all of the patients were right dominancy. There was a significant relationship between dexterity with grip strength (p=0.000) and pinch strength (p=0.008) in patients. However, no significant relationship was observed between age of patient and the elapsed time from stroke.CONCLUSION: pinch and grip strengths have a significant relationship with dexterity in hemiplegic patients. Hence, any disturbance in dexterity could affect on the function and activity of daily living in this group of patients.

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  • Year: 

    2011
  • Volume: 

    7
  • Issue: 

    4
  • Pages: 

    430-436
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    0
  • Views: 

    1641
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    0
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Introduction: Human hand is a complex and fine structure whose function and strength can be affected by even a mild injury. Hand dynamometry is one of the most accepted methods for evaluating the integrity of hand function. Nerve conduction velocity (NCV) is a noninvasive procedure to ensure neuromuscular integrity of the hand. Materials and Methods: In a cross-sectional study, 39 women with an age ranging from 30 to 60 years who attended the Vahid Electro diagnostic Center (Isfahan-Iran) during the fall of 2009 were studied. Informed consent was signed by all subjects. All participants were asked to perform grip and all types of pinch grip with a dynamometer. Nerve conduction velocity was conducted for both hands. All data obtained from the dynamometer and NCV were statistically analyzed via Pearson correlation test using SPSS software version16. Results: There were significant differences between sensory and motor NCV of median nerve for pinch strength (maximum correlation was noted for Motor NCV with Palmar pinch1, P<0.001, r=0.379) versus Grip strength (maximum correlation was with Motor NCV, P<0.002, r=0.342). There were significant differences between Median Severity Scale for different types of pinch strength (max correlation with Palmar pinch1, P<0.001, r=-0.613), different types of Grip strength (P<0.001, r=-0.563) and NCV (max correlation with Sensory NCV, P<0.001, r=-0.562) Conclusion: Dynamometer may be a prognostic tool to determine the amount of median nerve involvement since it measures the strength of thenar musculature. Also Median Severity Scale is a good clinical means to prognosticate median sensory and motor NCV.

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