Hand TherapyPub Date : 2020-03-01DOI: 10.1177/1758998319871075
Nathan Short, M. Blair, C. Crowell, Abby Loewenstein, Annie Lynch, Ravina Nakum, A. Warner
{"title":"Mobile technology and cumulative trauma symptomology among millennials","authors":"Nathan Short, M. Blair, C. Crowell, Abby Loewenstein, Annie Lynch, Ravina Nakum, A. Warner","doi":"10.1177/1758998319871075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1758998319871075","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction Technology use among the millennial population is increasing and related postural compromise may lead to cumulative trauma disorder symptomology. The aim of this study was to explore trends of hand-held mobile technology use and upper extremity cumulative trauma disorder symptomology among a sample of millennials. Methods A convenience sample of graduate students (n = 42) was used for the study. Demographic and technology use information was obtained through self-report using the smartphone screen time tracking feature. Cumulative trauma disorder symptomology was assessed through administration of various orthopedic special tests. Results On average, participants spent 2 h and 23 min per day using hand-held mobile devices. Out of 42 participants, 54.8% tested positive for at least one orthopedic special test. The symptomatic group spent 2 h and 29 min using hand-held mobile devices, while the asymptomatic group spent 2 h and 4 min. The most common positive orthopedic special tests were Finkelstein’s test (n = 19; 36%), hyperabduction (Wright’s) test (n = 13; 25%), and the elbow flexion test (n = 10; 18.9%), indicating symptoms associated with De Quervain’s tenosynovitis, thoracic outlet syndrome, and cubital tunnel syndrome, respectively. Discussion Results were consistent with prior research on time spent using hand-held mobile technology and cumulative trauma disorder among millennials. Additionally, a difference in mean time spent using mobile technology between the asymptomatic and symptomatic groups was found, suggesting a relationship which warrants further research.","PeriodicalId":43971,"journal":{"name":"Hand Therapy","volume":"37 1","pages":"11 - 17"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75563335","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 : 2020-03-01DOI: 10.1177/1758998320907116
J. Ikonen, S. Hulkkonen, Jorma Ryhänen, Arja Häkkinen, Jaro Karppinen, Jaro Karppinen, Jussi P. Repo
{"title":"The structural validity of the Finnish version of the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand: A Rasch model analysis","authors":"J. Ikonen, S. Hulkkonen, Jorma Ryhänen, Arja Häkkinen, Jaro Karppinen, Jaro Karppinen, Jussi P. Repo","doi":"10.1177/1758998320907116","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1758998320907116","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction The construct validity of the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand questionnaire (DASH) has previously been questioned. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the measurement properties of the Finnish version of the DASH for assessing disability in patients with hand complaints using Rasch Measurement Theory. Methods A cohort of 193 patients with typical hand and wrist complaints were recruited at a surgery outpatient clinic. The DASH scores were analysed using the Rasch model for differential item functioning, unidimensionality, fit statistics, item residual correlation, coverage/targeting and reliability. Results In the original DASH questionnaire, the item response thresholds were disordered for 2 of 30 of the items. The item fit was poor for 9 of 30 of the items. Unidimensionality was not supported. There was substantial residual correlation between 87 pairs of items. Item reduction (chi square 95, degrees of freedom 50, p < 0.001) and constructing two testlets led to unidimensionality (chi square 0.64, degrees of freedom 4, p = 0.96). Person separation index was 0.95. The testlets had good fit with no differential item functioning towards age or gender. Conclusion Unidimensionality of the original Finnish version of the DASH was not supported, meaning the questionnaire seems to gauge traits other than disability alone. Hence, the clinician must be careful when trying to measure change in patients’ scores. Item reduction or the creation of testlets did not lead to good alternatives for the original Finnish DASH. Differential item functioning showed that the original Finnish scale exhibits minor response bias by age in one item. The original Finnish DASH covers different levels of ability well among typical hand surgery patients.","PeriodicalId":43971,"journal":{"name":"Hand Therapy","volume":"99 1","pages":"10 - 3"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76859774","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 : 2019-11-19DOI: 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}