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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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.
Authors: Luis De-Bernardi-Ojuel; Laura Torres-Collado; Manuela García-de-la-Hera Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2021-02-03 Impact factor: 3.390
Authors: Judith Jantine Willemijn van Beek; Erwin Everardus Henri van Wegen; Marc Berend Rietberg; Thomas Nyffeler; Stephan Bohlhalter; Christian Philipp Kamm; Tobias Nef; Tim Vanbellingen Journal: JMIR Mhealth Uhealth Date: 2020-06-09 Impact factor: 4.773