Hand TherapyPub Date : 2019-11-19DOI: 10.1016/j.jht.2019.10.001
A. Wolff, Yatindra Patel, Esther M. Zusstone, S. Wolfe
{"title":"Self-identified functional limitations improve in patients with degenerative wrist arthritis after surgery.","authors":"A. Wolff, Yatindra Patel, Esther M. Zusstone, S. Wolfe","doi":"10.1016/j.jht.2019.10.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jht.2019.10.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43971,"journal":{"name":"Hand Therapy","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82142347","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hand TherapyPub Date : 2019-10-04DOI: 10.1177/1758998319876953
Rochelle Furtado, G. Nazari, J. Macdermid
{"title":"A systematic review of the cross-cultural adaptations and measurement properties of the Shoulder Pain and Disability Index","authors":"Rochelle Furtado, G. Nazari, J. Macdermid","doi":"10.1177/1758998319876953","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1758998319876953","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction The shoulder is the leading site of musculoskeletal pain. Patient-reported outcomes, such as the Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI), allow us to assess shoulder pain in a clinical setting. Since the SPADI was developed in English, many cultures have cross-culturally adapted the SPADI for clinical use. The purpose of this review was to assess the translation and cross-cultural adaptation procedures and measurement properties of the adapted SPADI. Methods A systematic review was performed on cultural adaptations of the SPADI accessible through MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE and/or Google Scholar. Included were prospective cohort studies that used an adapted version of the SPADI. All studies were evaluated according to the guidelines for cross-cultural adaptations and the guidelines for measurement properties. Results The search retrieved 19 studies that met the inclusion criteria. According to the recommended guidelines for cross-cultural adaptations, 16 studies performed 100% of the steps and 1 study performed 80% of the steps. When evaluating the studies’ psychometric properties based on the quality criteria, none of the studies reported all recommended measurement properties. The measurement property of reliability was reported fully by 74% of studies. Internal consistency was fully reported by 74% of studies. None of the studies were able to fully report responsiveness, agreement and/or construct validity. Conclusions Whilst the majority of studies followed proper translation procedures, testing of the measurement properties were inadequate. Therefore, it is recommended that the current adapted versions of the SPADI undergo further evaluation before use in clinical practice.","PeriodicalId":43971,"journal":{"name":"Hand Therapy","volume":"1 1","pages":"107 - 115"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76823439","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hand TherapyPub Date : 2019-09-03DOI: 10.1016/j.jht.2019.04.002
Sudhagar Gangatharam
{"title":"Anconeus syndrome: A potential cause for lateral elbow pain and its therapeutic management-A case report.","authors":"Sudhagar Gangatharam","doi":"10.1016/j.jht.2019.04.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jht.2019.04.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43971,"journal":{"name":"Hand Therapy","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87485574","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hand TherapyPub Date : 2019-08-31DOI: 10.1016/j.jht.2019.02.002
Nathan Short, Michelle Mays, R. Ford, Ethan Fahrney
{"title":"Proposed method for goniometric measurement of scapular protraction and retraction.","authors":"Nathan Short, Michelle Mays, R. Ford, Ethan Fahrney","doi":"10.1016/j.jht.2019.02.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jht.2019.02.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43971,"journal":{"name":"Hand Therapy","volume":"55 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84834463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hand TherapyPub Date : 2019-08-31DOI: 10.1016/j.jht.2019.04.003
Deepak Ramanathan, Jo Koludrovich, P. Evans
{"title":"A new controlled motion program for rehabilitation of the proximal interphalangeal joint arthroplasty.","authors":"Deepak Ramanathan, Jo Koludrovich, P. Evans","doi":"10.1016/j.jht.2019.04.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jht.2019.04.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43971,"journal":{"name":"Hand Therapy","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73129423","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hand TherapyPub Date : 2019-08-01DOI: 10.1177/1758998319865751
C. Ziebart, G. Nazari, J. Macdermid
{"title":"Therapeutic exercise for adults post-distal radius fracture: An overview of systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials","authors":"C. Ziebart, G. Nazari, J. Macdermid","doi":"10.1177/1758998319865751","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1758998319865751","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction Optimizing recovery after a distal radius fracture is a major concern. There continues to be discrepancies in findings on whether therapeutic exercise improves activity and participation by reducing limitations such as pain and range of motion after fracture. The main objective of this overview was to critically appraise the evidence to establish the effectiveness of therapeutic exercise to improve impairment for adults after a distal radius fracture. Methods An overview of systematic reviews was used, which summarizes a number of systematic reviews. PubMed, CINAHL, PEDro, Scopus, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library were searched. Systematic reviews were included in this overview if the study population was adults after a distal radius fracture, and the intervention group was therapeutic exercise. A systematic review was excluded from this overview if it did not include randomized controlled trials, the full text was not published, or if they were scoping or narrative reviews. The outcomes evaluated were pain, function/disability, range of motion, and strength. Results Five systematic reviews were included in this overview, with between 7 and 26 randomized controlled trials included in the SRs. The overall quality of the reviews was low with two systematic reviews rated as low quality and three rated as critically low quality on the AMSTAR 2 assessment tool. Conclusion The quality of reviews was low, with high risk of bias. All reviews were inconclusive due to limitations in the number and quality of randomized controlled trials. Due to the low quality of evidence, it remains unclear what the effectiveness of exercise is to improve impairments after a distal radius fracture.","PeriodicalId":43971,"journal":{"name":"Hand Therapy","volume":"11 1","pages":"69 - 81"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76594911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hand TherapyPub Date : 2019-08-01DOI: 10.1177/1758998319865288
C. Verma, Kshitij Sharad Jadhav, Raveena Kini, A. Mehta, V. Puri
{"title":"Implicit motor imagery in chronic complex hand injury patients and its relation to upper extremity function: A pilot study","authors":"C. Verma, Kshitij Sharad Jadhav, Raveena Kini, A. Mehta, V. Puri","doi":"10.1177/1758998319865288","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1758998319865288","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction Implicit motor imagery is the first step of graded motor imagery technique, which is known to be impaired in chronic pain conditions. However, there is a paucity of literature investigating implicit imagery in peripheral conditions like chronic complex hand injuries and its relation with upper extremity function. Method Thirty participants in the study group and 30 in the control group were included. Implicit imagery was assessed using hand laterality recognition task where participants identified 48 different hand images, as left- or right-hand images. Accuracy and response time were calculated and compared between the two groups. The Disabilities of Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) questionnaire was used to assess the upper extremity functional level and correlated with implicit imagery as secondary objective. Results Hand injured patients had a 76.18% accuracy and 2.30 seconds/card response time. There was a statistically significant difference in accuracy (p < 0.0001) and response time (p = 0.0066) between study group and control group. Disability level assessed by DASH was 40.5 and had no correlation with accuracy (r = 0.004; 95% CI: 0.3663–0.3736) and response time (r = 0.099; 95% CI: 0.2804–0.4531). Conclusion Implicit imagery was impaired in chronic complex hand injured patients and it had no relation with upper extremity functional level.","PeriodicalId":43971,"journal":{"name":"Hand Therapy","volume":"47 1","pages":"91 - 96"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83058101","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hand TherapyPub Date : 2019-07-31DOI: 10.1177/1758998319861655
H. Brown, P. Bassett, T. Quick
{"title":"Inter- and intra-rater reliability and clinical utility of the Brachial Plexus Outcome Measure: A pilot study","authors":"H. Brown, P. Bassett, T. Quick","doi":"10.1177/1758998319861655","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1758998319861655","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction Birth-related plexus injuries cause paralysis of the upper limb. The majority of patients spontaneously recover, but many suffer with long-term limitations in function. The Brachial Plexus Outcome Measure was developed to assess upper limb function in children with birth-related plexus injuries. This pilot study assessed the inter- and intrarater reliability in novice users. Information was also gained with regards to the perceived clinical utility of the tool. Methods Eleven therapists, experienced in the treatment of birth-related plexus injuries but naïve in the use of the Brachial Plexus Outcome Measure, were recruited as raters. Eight video-recorded assessments were independently scored. Four raters were randomly selected to repeat two of the analyses. The perceived clinical utility of the Brachial Plexus Outcome Measure was investigated via a questionnaire. Results Across the domains of the Brachial Plexus Outcome Measure, the majority of items scored ‘Fair’ for inter-rater reliability with kappa scores ranging from 0.13–0.46. Intra-rater agreement was better with the majority of items scoring 0.44–0.86 upon weighted kappa analysis. Participant scores for clinical utility were mixed. However, 7 of the 11 raters agreed that the Brachial Plexus Outcome Measure is useful as a pre- and post-intervention tool. Conclusions When compared to the inter-rater reliability of similar functional outcome measures, these results are less favourable. Future research and suggestions to improve the implementation, reliability and clinical utility of the Brachial Plexus Outcome Measure have been identified. These include better standardisation of equipment and improved instructional guidance. In addition, within the clinical setting, it is recommended that the same clinician assesses the same child over the course of their treatment.","PeriodicalId":43971,"journal":{"name":"Hand Therapy","volume":"112 1","pages":"123 - 129"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87894667","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hand TherapyPub Date : 2019-07-18DOI: 10.1177/1758998319861402
E. Nijland
{"title":"Occupation-based hand therapy in a baker with monomelic amyotrophy (distal segmental spinal muscular atrophy or Hirayama disease)","authors":"E. Nijland","doi":"10.1177/1758998319861402","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1758998319861402","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this case report is twofold: the very rare Hirayama disease is discussed, including the impact on the patient’s functioning. The unique way to solve an orthesis problem is described, by observing patient’s performance meticulously. Various hand function assessments were used to cover every level of the International Classification of Functioning model. An occupation-based approach was followed by performing a working visit during which the essence of his treatment problem became apparent. The development of a new adjustable brace is described. Combining two sorts of wrist positions in one splint is a novel approach that could be helpful for patients with other conditions. A work visit was helpful to focus on the participation level. The occupation-based intervention resulted in the patient’s ability to resume work.","PeriodicalId":43971,"journal":{"name":"Hand Therapy","volume":"52 1","pages":"102 - 97"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78469488","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hand TherapyPub Date : 2019-07-11DOI: 10.1177/1758998319861661
Edj Bonhof-Jansen, G. Kroon, S. Brink, JH van Uchelen
{"title":"Rehabilitation with a stabilizing exercise program in triangular fibrocartilage complex lesions with distal radioulnar joint instability: A pilot intervention study","authors":"Edj Bonhof-Jansen, G. Kroon, S. Brink, JH van Uchelen","doi":"10.1177/1758998319861661","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1758998319861661","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction It is unclear whether rehabilitation with the use of an exercise program can be an alternative to surgery in distal radioulnar joint instability resulting from injuries of the triangular fibrocartilage complex. The purpose of this study was to gain insights into the feasibility and effects in reducing pain and functional limitations by using distal radioulnar stability training. Methods A prospective pilot cohort intervention study was used including patients with a triangular fibrocartilage complex Palmer 1B lesion and distal radioulnar joint instability. The primary objective was the reduction of pain and functional limitations as measured by the Patient-Rated Wrist-Hand Evaluation. Secondary objectives were to assess number of surgical interventions, treatment sessions, and patient satisfaction. Results Twenty-one patients (mean age: 33.2 years) were included with a median time of symptom onset of eight months (IQR: 5–24). The distal radioulnar stability training program showed a clinically relevant positive change in the Patient-Rated Wrist-Hand Evaluation total and subscale scores when compared to the baseline assessment. Six patients opted for surgical intervention at six months follow-up, and two patients were considering surgery at the long-term follow-up. Conclusion Rehabilitation with stabilizing exercises in patients with distal radioulnar joint instability caused by triangular fibrocartilage complex 1B lesions provides pain relief and increases function. Findings should be validated by further controlled prospective studies.","PeriodicalId":43971,"journal":{"name":"Hand Therapy","volume":"38 1","pages":"116 - 122"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80760113","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}