Effect of Texting and Writing on Grip and Pinch Strength
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interventional
50
1 country
2
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.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
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participants targeted
Target at P25-P50 for not_applicable
Started Feb 2021
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable
2 active sites
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Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
February 8, 2021
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
March 12, 2021
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
March 23, 2021
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
April 30, 2021
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
May 31, 2021
CompletedOctober 14, 2022
October 1, 2022
3 months
March 12, 2021
October 12, 2022
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (2)
Hand grasp Hand grasp
Grip strength of the right- hand dominant will be measured at two wrist positions.
Up to 12 weeks
Key pinch
Key pinch strength of the right- hand dominant will be measured.
Up to 12 weeks
Secondary Outcomes (1)
Borg CR-10
Up to 12 weeks
Study Arms (5)
Texting- 10 minutes
EXPERIMENTALAssigned participants will do texting for 10 minutes.
Writing- 10 minutes
EXPERIMENTALAssigned participants will do writing for 10 minutes.
Texting- 15 minutes
EXPERIMENTALAssigned participants will do texting for 15 minutes.
Writing-15 minutes
EXPERIMENTALAssigned participants will do writing for 15 minutes.
Control group
NO INTERVENTIONNo hand activities.
Interventions
Participants will practice texting for 10 minutes using smart phone.
Participants will practice writing on notebook for 10 minutes.
Participants will practice texting for 15 minutes using smart phone.
Participants will practice writing on notebook for 15 minutes.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Active college student
- Healthy
- Willing to participate
- Using smart phones\& electronics
- Hand writing for \> 10 minutes/day
You may not qualify if:
- Recent upper limbs injury (sprain\& strain)
- Chronic neurological disorder
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- De Quervain's disease
- Diabetic neuropathy
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (2)
College of Medical Rehabilitation Sciences
Madinah, 20012, Saudi Arabia
College of medical rehabilitation sciences
Madinah, 41411, Saudi Arabia
Related Publications (1)
Fathi El-Gohary TM, Aljohani MM. Effect Of Texting And Handwriting On Hand-Grip And Key-Pinch Strength Among Female-Collegiate Students: Randomized Controlled Trial. J Pak Med Assoc. 2023 Aug;73(8):1577-1582. doi: 10.47391/JPMA.1577.
PMID: 37697745DERIVED
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- DOUBLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Masking Details
- Outcome assessor will be masked to the participant's assigned activity and participants will be masked to the exact outcome measures.
- Purpose
- PREVENTION
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER GOV
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Associate Professor
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
March 12, 2021
First Posted
March 23, 2021
Study Start
February 8, 2021
Primary Completion
April 30, 2021
Study Completion
May 31, 2021
Last Updated
October 14, 2022
Record last verified: 2022-10
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share
Hand grip and key pinch strength outcome measures will be shared.