Effects of a new sensory re-education training tool on hand sensibility and manual dexterity in people with multiple sclerosis
| Autor: | Anat Achiron, Simona Gelav, Michal Greenberg-Abrahami, Alon Kalron |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Multiple Sclerosis Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Sensory system Young Adult Two-point discrimination Physical medicine and rehabilitation Occupational Therapy Sensory threshold medicine Humans Young adult Motor skill Multiple sclerosis Rehabilitation Middle Aged Hand medicine.disease Test (assessment) Surgery Treatment Outcome medicine.anatomical_structure Motor Skills Practice Psychological Touch Sensory Thresholds Upper limb Female Neurology (clinical) Psychology |
| Zdroj: | NeuroRehabilitation. 32:943-948 |
| ISSN: | 1878-6448 1053-8135 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE: To describe and evaluate the effects of a new home-based sensory re-education training tool on hand sensibility and manual dexterity in people with MS experiencing upper limb sensory deficits. METHODS: Twenty-five people with relapsing-remitting MS (18 women), mean age 50.6 years (SD = 11.4), volunteered to participate. Participants were initially assigned to a 7-week control phase followed by a 3-week home-based sensory re-education phase. Measurements used were the nine-hole peg test, the two point discrimination test, the monofilaments test and the functional dexterity test. Measurements were collected at baseline, following the control phase and at the end of the trial. RESULTS: Participants demonstrated an improvement in the nine-hole peg (26.8 (SD = 3.5) vs. 22.6 (SD = 3.2); mean difference (95% CI) 4.9 (0.9, 7.1), P = 0.03) and functional dexterity tests (38.6 (SD = 4.4) vs. 33.8 (SD = 4.9); mean difference (95% CI) 4.8 (1.8, 7.0); P = 0.02) at the end of the sensory re-education phase compared to the end of the control phase. No differences were observed as to the monofilaments and two-point discrimination tests. CONCLUSIONS: Sensory re-education training does not affect the level of sensory impairment in the hand but may lead to improvement in select measures of manual dexterity. |
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