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{"title":"DRY NEEDLING FOR LATERAL ELBOW TENDINOPATHY IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY: A RETROSPECTIVE PILOT STUDY AND REVIEW OF STATE LEGISLATION","authors":"P. Bakshi, H. Medsker, S. Murphy, M. O'Daniel, K. Peters, A. Hatter, B. Snodgrass","doi":"10.1016/j.jht.2024.08.023","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jht.2024.08.023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54814,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hand Therapy","volume":"38 3","pages":"Pages 667-668"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145061736","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Corbett Targeted Coin Test demonstrated good to moderate reliability as compared to other standardized dexterity assessments","authors":"Lydia Stout , Jeanine Beasley , Spencer Jackson , Alayna Kagande , Allison Range , Sarah Corder , Carla Floyd-Slabaugh , Kirk Anderson","doi":"10.1016/j.jht.2024.11.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jht.2024.11.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54814,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hand Therapy","volume":"38 3","pages":"Pages 628-630"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142928715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Positive clinical tests for medial epicondylalgia are more common than tests for lateral epicondylalgia in recreational pickleball players: A cross-sectional study","authors":"Betsy A. Myers PT, DHS,&nbsp;June Hanks PT, DPT, PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.jht.2024.12.013","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jht.2024.12.013","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div><span>Epicondylalgia is a common overuse </span>injury in tennis. However, little is known regarding epicondylalgia in pickleball.</div></div><div><h3>Purpose</h3><div>This study examined the prevalence of positive epicondylalgia tests in recreational pickleball players and the relationship between positive tests and player characteristics.</div></div><div><h3>Study Design</h3><div>Cross-sectional study.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Clinical tests for epicondylalgia were performed courtside on the dominant arm of 129 recreational pickleball players. Participants completed a survey with questions related to demographics and play characteristics. Descriptive data were reported for epicondylalgia testing and survey performance. Chi-squared analysis and Fisher’s exact test were used to determine associations between testing and survey responses. Relative risk estimates for positive tests for epicondylalgia were calculated based on pickleball playing characteristics.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The prevalence of positive tests was 7% for medial epicondylalgia, 5.4% for lateral epicondylalgia, and 2.3% for both medial epicondylalgia and lateral epicondylalgia. Ninety-two participants (71.3%) completed the survey. Those who participated in tournaments were less likely to have a positive test for medial epicondylalgia (Fisher’s exact test, <em>p</em> = 0.017). The relative risk of having a positive epicondylalgia test was lower for those who have played for at least 4 years (medial = 0.875 [CI 0.81-0.95] and lateral 0.913 [CI 0.866-0.979]). Epicondylalgia testing was not associated with age, sex, hand dominance, level of play, location of play, warm-up performance, frequency of play, or length of play.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Among pickleball players, there was a lower prevalence of positive tests for lateral epicondylalgia than for medial epicondylalgia. Compared to tennis, lateral epicondylalgia may be less common due to a lower elbow torque, while medial epicondylalgia may be more common due to methods to impart spin. Given the differences among sports, clinicians may need to utilize different prevention and intervention strategies when working with pickleball players.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54814,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hand Therapy","volume":"38 3","pages":"Pages 540-547"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143016603","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The effect of wrist position sense and tactile recognition on manual skills in patients with upper extremity neuropathy","authors":"Tuba Can Akman ,&nbsp;Muge Icelli Gunes PhD ,&nbsp;Ali Kitis ,&nbsp;Cagdas Erdogan","doi":"10.1016/j.jht.2024.12.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jht.2024.12.005","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;div&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Background&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div&gt;Peripheral neuropathy affects fine motor skills in daily life. However, reports on the effects of position sense and tactile recognition on manual dexterity are quite scarce in the literature. The increasing focus on hand rehabilitation has created a need to examine the effects of sensation on manual dexterity.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Purpose&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div&gt;The purpose of this study is to compare the effect of tactile recognition and wrist position sense on manual skills in healthy and neuropathy individuals and to investigate the relationship between them.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Study Design&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div&gt;Cross-sectional, non-randomized comparative clinical study.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Methods&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Thirty-seven (50 hands) with median and ulnar nerve&lt;span&gt; neuropathy&lt;span&gt; between the ages of 18 and 65 years and 32 (64 hands) healthy individuals of similar age and gender were included in the study. Wrist position sense was assessed using the K-FORCE Sens electrogoniometer as target angle, 30° wrist flexion and extension, and 10° radial and ulnar deviation. Shape-Texture Identification Test (STI), &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Purdue Pegboard test (PPT), and Michigan Hand Outcome Questionnaire were applied for tactile recognition, manual dexterity, and hand functions, respectively. The independent-sample &lt;/span&gt;t test&lt;span&gt; and Mann-Whitney U test were used for K-FORCE Sens, STI, and PPT to compare groups. Correlation coefficient was used to determine the relationship between variables.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Results&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;The mean age of individuals with neuropathy and healthy individuals was 45.7 ± 10.3 and 44.5 ± 9.2 years, respectively (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;p&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &gt; 0.05). Seventy-three percent of individuals had median neuropathy and 27% had &lt;/span&gt;ulnar neuropathy. Totally, 33 dominant and 17 non-dominant hands of patients with neuropathy were affected. When healthy and neuropathic hands were compared, the mean error values in the dominant hand, flexion (4.4 ± 1.4; 6.5 ± 2.9), and radial deviation (2.4 ± 1.0; 3.3 ± 1.7) degrees were higher in the neuropathic hands (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;p&lt;/em&gt; &lt; 0.05). Similar results were also found in the non-dominant hands. However, there was no difference between the mean error values in the extension and ulnar deviation degrees (&lt;em&gt;p&lt;/em&gt; &gt; 0.05). STI and PPT subtest results were also lower in the neuropathic hands (&lt;em&gt;p&lt;/em&gt; &lt; 0.05). There was a relationship between the mean error values of position sense in the flexion and radial deviation directions in the neuropathic dominant hands and all subtests of the PPT (&lt;em&gt;p&lt;/em&gt; &lt; 0.05), while there was a relation in the flexion direction in the non-dominant hand (&lt;em&gt;p&lt;/em&gt; &lt; 0.05). No relation was found in the Michigan Hand Outcome Questionnaire test (&lt;em&gt;p&lt;/em&gt; &gt; 0.05).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Conclusions&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div&gt;This study has shown that in neuropathy rehabilitation, the assessment of position and tactile sensatio","PeriodicalId":54814,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hand Therapy","volume":"38 3","pages":"Pages 605-611"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143371197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Squegg demonstrates good interdevice reliability in measuring grip strength in healthy volunteers","authors":"Lidia Iannarelli,&nbsp;Tara Packham OTReg.(Ont), PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.jht.2024.12.010","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jht.2024.12.010","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54814,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hand Therapy","volume":"38 3","pages":"Pages 645-647"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143371192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"ESTABLISHING POPULATION NORMS FOR THE MACHAND PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT 2.0: A CLINICAL MEASUREMENT STUDY","authors":"B. Nolan-Cairns ,&nbsp;A. Kanotra ,&nbsp;Z. Edger-Lacoursiere ,&nbsp;C. Su ,&nbsp;H. Nguyen ,&nbsp;E. Zheng ,&nbsp;M. Li ,&nbsp;T. Packham","doi":"10.1016/j.jht.2024.08.053","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jht.2024.08.053","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54814,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hand Therapy","volume":"38 3","pages":"Pages 688-689"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145059997","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"PAVING THE WAY FOR LARGE-SCALE HAND THERAPY RESEARCH: A RESEARCHER NETWORK ANALYSIS","authors":"K. Loomis,&nbsp;T. Khese,&nbsp;E. Lin,&nbsp;S. Roll","doi":"10.1016/j.jht.2024.08.057","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jht.2024.08.057","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54814,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hand Therapy","volume":"38 3","pages":"Pages 691-692"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145061725","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"INTER-RATER RELIABILITY OF VIDEO BASED RANGE OF MOTION ASSESSMENTS IN POST- RECONSTRUCTION BRACHIAL PLEXUS PATIENTS","authors":"S. DeMartini,&nbsp;E. Sane,&nbsp;D. Brogan,&nbsp;C. Dy","doi":"10.1016/j.jht.2024.08.059","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jht.2024.08.059","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54814,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hand Therapy","volume":"38 3","pages":"Page 693"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145061727","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"PEDIATRIC UPPER LIMB SURGICAL EXPERIENCES WITH HEMIPLEGIA: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF CHILD AND PARENT PERSPECTIVES","authors":"A. Rodriguez,&nbsp;K. Little,&nbsp;J. Dorich","doi":"10.1016/j.jht.2024.08.044","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jht.2024.08.044","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54814,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hand Therapy","volume":"38 3","pages":"Pages 681-682"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145061746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effects of high-intensity laser therapy in patients with De Quervain's tenosynovitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis","authors":"Hernán Andrés de la Barra Ortiz PhD, PT ,&nbsp;Nivaldo Antonio Parizotto PhD, PT ,&nbsp;Claudio Chamorro Lange PhD, PT ,&nbsp;Richard Eloin Liebano PhD, PT","doi":"10.1016/j.jht.2024.10.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jht.2024.10.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>De Quervain's tenosynovitis<span> (QT) is common among individuals performing repetitive manual tasks and significantly affects daily activities due to pain. While traditional treatments often provide limited relief, high-intensity laser therapy<span> (HILT) shows as a potential analgesic resource.</span></span></div></div><div><h3>Purpose</h3><div><span>This systematic review aimed to evaluate the </span>analgesic effects of HILT in patients with QT.</div></div><div><h3>Study Design</h3><div>This study is a systematic review with meta-analysis with an observational, retrospective, and secondary design.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div><span>The search was conducted in PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus<span><span>, EBSCOhost, Embase, </span>Cochrane Library, </span></span>Physiotherapy Evidence Database<span><span><span> (PEDro), and Google Scholar (last updated September 17, 2024) to identify clinical trials comparing HILT with other treatments for QT. Pain intensity, measured with a </span>Visual Analog Scale (VAS), was the main outcome. Disability and handgrip strength, measured with the quick disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand (Q-DASH) and patient-rated wrist and hand evaluation (PRWE) questionnaires and </span>dynamometry, were the secondary outcomes. Study quality was assessed using the Cochrane Risk of Bias Tool 2 (RoB2), and a meta-analysis was performed using mean difference (MD) or standardized mean difference (SMD). The GRADE approach guided evidence-based recommendations for statistically significant outcomes.</span></div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Three studies were included, demonstrating an overall low bias (66%), with outcome measurements being the principal sources of bias. The meta-analysis did not reveal statistically significant advantages for HILT in terms of pain intensity and disability (VAS MD<!--> <!-->=<!--> <!-->0.21 cm; 95% CI: −1.43,1.86) (SMD<!--> <!-->=<!--> <!-->−0.31; 95% CI: −0.75,0.13). Despite individual studies reporting significant differences favoring HILT, the meta-analysis lacks statistical significance, preventing definitive recommendations.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Despite the potential benefits of HILT in managing QT, the current evidence does not support its superiority over conventional treatments like splinting<span> or splinting combined with exercise. Further clinical trials are necessary to confirm HILT's efficacy and refine treatment guidelines in line with the dosage proposed by the included studies.</span></div></div>","PeriodicalId":54814,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hand Therapy","volume":"38 3","pages":"Pages 464-476"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143016598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}