Introducing a Simple Tool of Patient Self-Assessment of Wrist Range of Motion
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Design of Template
2.3. Assessment
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Pre-Study
3.2. Study
3.3. Subgroup Analysis: Academics vs. Non-Academics
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Flexion | Extension | Radial Abduction | Ulnar Abduction | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Goniometer | 79.5 ± 6.5 | 67.9 ± 67.9 | 26.5 ± 6.4 | 45.2 ± 6.4 |
Template | 73.6 ± 7.2 | 68.2 ± 7.8 | 26.6 ± 2.9 | 40.8 ± 4.8 |
Mean difference | 5.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 4.4 |
p = 0.04 | n.s. | n.s. | p = 0.02 |
Flexion | Extension | Radial Abduction | Ulnar Abduction | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Right | Left | Right | Left | Right | Left | Right | Left | |
Patient | 60.0 +/− 19.4 | 60.0 +/− 18.9 | 51.0 +/− 12.7 | 55.0 +/− 15.5 | 40.0 +/− 13.1 | 40.0 +/− 15.7 | 41.0 +/− 9.5 | 43.0 +/− 12.6 |
Resident | 36.6 +/− 21.5 | 42.5 +/− 24.4 | 56.5 +/− 11.3 | 56.0 +/− 13.5 | 32.0 +/− 6.8 | 33.0 +/− 7.6 | 40.0 +/− 8.7 | 39.0 +/− 9.0 |
Student | 60.0 +/− 19.4 | 62.0 +/− 17.0 | 60.0 +/− 10.1 | 60.0 +/− 11.2 | 28.0 +/− 5.2 | 30.0 +/− 7.7 | 41.0 +/− 6.6 | 42.0 +/− 10.2 |
Specialist | 56.5 +/− 20.2 | 59.0 +/− 17.8 | 60.0 +/− 11.5 | 64.0 +/− 13.6 | 25.0 +/− 6.1 | 25.0 +/− 7.0 | 41.0 +/− 6.6 | 40.0 +/− 10.4 |
p-Value | Mean Deviation | ||
---|---|---|---|
Radial abduction | |||
right—patient vs. student | *** | <0.0001 | 13.2 |
right—patient vs. resident | *** | <0.0001 | 9.2 |
right—patient vs. specialist | *** | <0.0001 | 15.1 |
right—student vs. resident | ** | 0.0084 | −4.1 |
right—resident vs. specialist | *** | <0.0001 | 6.0 |
left—patient vs. student | *** | <0.0001 | 13.5 |
left—patient vs. resident | *** | <0.0001 | 11.1 |
left—patient vs. specialist | *** | <0.0001 | 16.5 |
left—resident vs. specialist | ** | 0.0018 | 5.4 |
Extension | |||
right—patient vs. student | *** | <0.0001 | −8.5 |
right—patient vs. specialist | * | 0.012 | −7.4 |
right—student vs. resident | *** | 0.0002 | 6.5 |
Flexion | |||
right—patient vs. resident | *** | <0.0001 | 15.3 |
right—student vs. resident | *** | <0.0001 | 16.9 |
right—resident vs. specialist | ** | 0.0016 | −10.9 |
left—patient vs. resident | *** | 0.0009 | 12.8 |
left—student vs. resident | *** | <0.0001 | 14.7 |
left—student vs. specialist | ** | 0.005 | 7.2 |
p-Value | Mean Deviation | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radial abduction | ||||||
A | NA | A | NA | A | NA | |
right—patient vs. student | ** | *** | 0.0099 | 0.0005 | 10.4 | 11.9 |
right—patient vs. resident | n.s. | ** | 0.0594 | 0.0037 | 8.3 | 7.4 |
right—patient vs. specialist | ** | *** | 0.0077 | 0.0002 | 13.5 | 12.2 |
left—patient vs. student | * | n.s. | 0.0190 | 0.8231 | 11.0 | 1.7 |
left—patient vs. resident | n.s. | n.s. | 0.1494 | 0.4695 | 5.9 | 3.4 |
left—patient vs. specialist | ** | n.s. | 0.0088 | 0.9994 | 11.5 | 0.3 |
Ulnar abduction | ||||||
right—patient vs. student | n.s. | n.s. | 0.8500 | 0.1714 | 1.7 | 4.2 |
right—patient vs. resident | n.s. | n.s. | 0.8015 | 0.0625 | 1.9 | 5.0 |
right—patient vs. specialist | n.s. | n.s. | 0.9459 | 0.7625 | 1.3 | 1.9 |
left—patient vs. student | n.s. | n.s. | 0.9949 | 0.8231 | 0.6 | 1.7 |
left—patient vs. resident | n.s. | n.s. | 0.3837 | 0.4695 | 4.2 | 3.4 |
left—patient vs. specialist | n.s. | n.s. | 0.9974 | 0.9994 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
Extension | ||||||
right—patient vs. student | ** | *** | 0.0011 | 0.0005 | 9.3 | 8.8 |
right—patient vs. resident | n.s. | n.s. | 0.9990 | 0.9939 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
right—patient vs. specialist | n.s. | * | 0.7297 | 0.0362 | 3.7 | 8.5 |
left—patient vs. student | ** | n.s. | 0.0046 | 0.3907 | 10.5 | 3.9 |
left—patient vs. resident | n.s. | n.s. | 0.2339 | 0.9992 | 5.8 | 0.4 |
left—patient vs. specialist | n.s. | n.s. | 0.1095 | 0.0982 | 8.3 | 6.4 |
Flexion | ||||||
right—patient vs. student | n.s. | n.s. | 0.8962 | 0.9955 | 3.3 | 0.7 |
right—patient vs. resident | * | *** | 0.0176 | <0.0001 | 15.3 | 17.4 |
right—patient vs. specialist | n.s. | n.s. | 0.9501 | 0.0831 | 2.3 | 7.8 |
left—patient vs. student | n.s. | n.s. | 0.2236 | 0.9996 | 6.2 | 0.3 |
left—patient vs. resident | n.s. | *** | 0.0750 | 0.0004 | 9.5 | 14.6 |
left—patient vs. specialist | n.s. | ** | 0.7566 | 0.0076 | 2.9 | 8.4 |
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Stumpfe, M.C.; Beneke, K.; Horch, R.E.; Arkudas, A.; Müller-Seubert, W.; Cai, A. Introducing a Simple Tool of Patient Self-Assessment of Wrist Range of Motion. Life 2024, 14, 997. https://doi.org/10.3390/life14080997
Stumpfe MC, Beneke K, Horch RE, Arkudas A, Müller-Seubert W, Cai A. Introducing a Simple Tool of Patient Self-Assessment of Wrist Range of Motion. Life. 2024; 14(8):997. https://doi.org/10.3390/life14080997
Chicago/Turabian StyleStumpfe, Maximilian C., Kaya Beneke, Raymund E. Horch, Andreas Arkudas, Wibke Müller-Seubert, and Aijia Cai. 2024. "Introducing a Simple Tool of Patient Self-Assessment of Wrist Range of Motion" Life 14, no. 8: 997. https://doi.org/10.3390/life14080997