The Ab-Adductometer: A New Device for Measuring the Muscle Strength and Function of the Thumb
| Autor: | Maria Lizza D. Isler, John J. Bartko, Leo M. Rozmaryn |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Male musculoskeletal diseases Adolescent Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Thumb Functional Laterality Cubital tunnel syndrome Sex Factors Reference Values Humans Medicine New device Muscle Strength Child Carpal tunnel syndrome Tetraplegia Aged Orthodontics Orthopedic Equipment business.industry Rehabilitation Age Factors Reproducibility of Results Anatomy Middle Aged medicine.disease body regions medicine.anatomical_structure Thumb adduction Muscle strength Female Brachial Plexopathy business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Hand Therapy. 20:311-325 |
| ISSN: | 0894-1130 |
| DOI: | 10.1197/j.jht.2007.07.010 |
| Popis: | The purpose of this study was to present normative values for thumb abduction and adduction and also to present measures of reliability of the measuring system arising from the use of the Ab-Adductometer. With the Ab-Adductometer, we obtained abductor and adductor measurements of intrinsic muscle strength of the healthy hand thumb in 600 volunteers. Handgrip strength values were obtained with the Jamar dynamometer. Age and male–female specific reference ranges for the Ab-Adductometer and the Jamar dynamometer are presented. This study, with a very large number of volunteer subjects, 600, presents reference ranges for pure palmar adduction and abduction of the thumb. The results indicate that the Ab-Adductometer is a clinically useful device for the purpose of quantitatively measuring thumb adduction and abduction strength at various starting angles of thumb abduction relative to the plane of the palm. The device may be especially helpful in the evaluation of compressive neuropathies of the median or ulnar nerves such as carpal tunnel syndrome or cubital tunnel syndrome as well as for primary disease of the peripheral nerves that affect intrinsic muscles and for thumb function in proximal conditions such as tetraplegia and brachial plexopathy. |
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