Clinical Trial: Establishing the Validity and Reliability of a Dexterity Assessment Tool
Study Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Recruit Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Condition: Myelopathy Cervical
Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
Official Title: Establishing the Validity and Reliability of a Dexterity Assessment Tool in DCM and Healthy Populations
Brief Summary:
Every year, thousands of Canadians are diagnosed with degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM), a form of non-traumatic injury caused by spinal cord compression in the neck.While DCM causes a range of symptoms, one of the most disabling is loss of hand dexterity.Surgical decompression is standard treatment for DCM, but reduced dexterity often remains.The investigators have developed a portable, easy-to-use dexterity assessment tool for measuring hand dexterity.Hand function is often assessed using tools incapable of…
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