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Texting and Writing Affect Grip and Pinch Strength

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04810416
Recruitment Status : Recruiting
First Posted : March 23, 2021
Last Update Posted : March 23, 2021
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
King Saud University
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Tarek Mohamed El-gohary, General Committee of Teaching Hospitals and Institutes, Egypt

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
Texting and writing are common hand activities among college students. Students tend to spend increasing hours of texting and writing for every day activities in addition to the academic assignments that are mainly on line and through distance education. The effect of such daily activities on hand grip and key pinch strength has not been studied among college students.

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Muscle Weakness Condition Hand Grasp Other: Texting- 10 minutes Other: Writing- 10 minutes Other: Texting- 15 minutes Other: Writing- 15 minutes Not Applicable

Detailed Description:
Students will be recruited from physical therapy department of college of medical rehabilitation sciences after satisfying the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of the four groups (texting 10 minutes, texting 15 minutes, writing 10 minutes and writing 15 minutes). Participants will be blinded to the outcome measures and the evaluator will be blinded to the participants assigned group. Hand grip strength and key pinch strength will be the main outcome measures. Participants demographics will be gathered in addition to recreational status, risk factors, pain body diagram and number of hours spent for texting and writing in every day life.
Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Estimated Enrollment : 70 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Intervention Model Description: Participants will be randomly assigned to one of the parallel four groups
Masking: Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
Masking Description: Outcome assessor will be masked to the participant's assigned activity and participants will be masked to the exact outcome measures.
Primary Purpose: Prevention
Official Title: Effect of Texting and Writing on Hand Grip and Key Pinch Strength Among Collegiate Students
Actual Study Start Date : February 8, 2021
Estimated Primary Completion Date : April 30, 2021
Estimated Study Completion Date : May 31, 2021

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Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
Experimental: Texting- 10 minutes
Assigned participants will do texting for 10 minutes.
 Other: Texting- 10 minutes
Participants will practice texting for 10 minutes using smart phone.
Experimental: Writing- 10 minutes
Assigned participants will do writing for 10 minutes.
 Other: Writing- 10 minutes
Participants will practice writing on notebook for 10 minutes.
Experimental: Texting- 15 minutes
Assigned participants will do texting for 15 minutes.
 Other: Texting- 15 minutes
Participants will practice texting for 15 minutes using smart phone.
Experimental: Writing-15 minutes
Assigned participants will do writing for 15 minutes.
 Other: Writing- 15 minutes
Participants will practice writing on notebook for 15 minutes.
No Intervention: Control group
No hand activities.


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Hand grasp Hand grasp [ Time Frame: Up to 12 weeks ]
    Grip strength of the right- hand dominant will be measured at two wrist positions.

  2. Key pinch [ Time Frame: Up to 12 weeks ]
    Key pinch strength of the right- hand dominant will be measured.


Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. Borg CR-10 [ Time Frame: Up to 12 weeks ]
    Rating the perceived exertion just after hand activity session.


Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years to 24 Years   (Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   Female
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Active college student
  • Healthy
  • Willing to participate
  • Using smart phones& electronics
  • Hand writing for > 10 minutes/day

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Recent upper limbs injury (sprain& strain)
  • Chronic neurological disorder
  • Carpal tunnel syndrome
  • De Quervain's disease
  • Diabetic neuropathy
Contacts and Locations
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT04810416


Contacts
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Contact: Tarek M El-gohary 0545007025 tgohary@taibahu.edu.sa
Contact: Abdulla M Al-shenqiti 0506320436 ashengeti@taibahu.edu.sa

Locations
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Saudi Arabia
College of Medical Rehabilitation Sciences Recruiting
Medina, Saudi Arabia, 20012
Contact: Abdullah M Al-Shenqiti, PhD    966506320436    alshenqitirehab@hotmail.com   
College of medical rehabilitation sciences Enrolling by invitation
Medina, Saudi Arabia, 41411
Sponsors and Collaborators
General Committee of Teaching Hospitals and Institutes, Egypt
King Saud University
More Information
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Responsible Party: Tarek Mohamed El-gohary, Associate Professor, General Committee of Teaching Hospitals and Institutes, Egypt
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04810416    
Other Study ID Numbers: CMR-PT-2021-09
First Posted: March 23, 2021    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: March 23, 2021
Last Verified: March 2021
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
Plan to Share IPD: No
Plan Description: Hand grip and key pinch strength outcome measures will be shared.

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Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
Keywords provided by Tarek Mohamed El-gohary, General Committee of Teaching Hospitals and Institutes, Egypt:
Hand grip strength, key pinch, risk factors, students
Key pinch
Risk factors
Students
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Muscle Weakness
Muscular Diseases
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Neuromuscular Manifestations
 Neurologic Manifestations
Nervous System Diseases
Pathologic Processes