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The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of the SARAH home exercise program to be applied for 12 weeks on wrist proprioception and hand functions in adult patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Finger/hand/wrist joints can be affected in the early period in patients with RA, and as the disease progresses, it can significantly limit the patient's functionality. Damage to articular and periarticular structures seen in inflammatory arthritis may affect the sense of proprioception by destroying mechanoreceptors located in these areas. Hand functions may worsen as a result of the worsening of the sense of proprioception, which can be defined as being aware of body parts.
SARAH (Strengthening and Stretching for Rheumatoid Arthritis of the Hand) home exercise program, which is a widely preferred approach in the case of hand involvement in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), includes exercises to increase hand-wrist strength and mobility. Although the effectiveness of this program on pain, muscle strength, and range of motion has been demonstrated in large patient groups, its effect on proprioception and hand functions, which may be caused by inflammatory arthritis, has not been studied. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the effectiveness of the SARAH home exercise program on wrist proprioception and hand functions in adult patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exercise | Experimental | The SARAH exercise program will be delivered by sending messages and video instructions via a freeware and cross-platform messaging service (WhatsApp Messenger) on a weekly basis. |
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| Control | No Intervention | Patients in the control group will not receive any exercise intervention. They will only maintain their routine medical treatment. |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exercise | Other | Participants will be asked to practice home exercises every day of the week for 12 weeks. The SARAH exercise program consists of 7 mobility and 4 strengthening exercises. Progress will be made by increasing the repetitions and duration of the exercises every week. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Change in Wrist Joint Position Sense | Wrist joint position sense will be evaluated with joint position sense goniometry. Joint position sense is measured by the ability to actively repeat a predetermined target angle. During the measurement, the wrist of the participant will passively be brought to the target angle and be kept in this position for three seconds. The participant will be asked to keep this position in his/her memory, then the wrist will passively be brought to the starting position. Then, the participant will be requested to bring her/his hand actively to these predetermined position. Wrist movements will be determined as three repetitive measurements for flexion, extension, radial deviation, and ulnar deviation directions. | At baseline and twelve weeks later |
| Change in Hand Performance | Hand performance will be evaluated Nine-Hole Peg Test. | At baseline and twelve weeks later |
| Change in Grip Strength | Hand grip strength will be evaluated with a hand-dynamometer. | At baseline and twelve weeks later |
| Change in Pinch Strength | Pinch strength will be evaluated by using a pinchmeter. | At baseline and twelve weeks later |
| Change in Self-reported Hand Functions | Duruoz Hand Index and The Measures of Activity Performance of the Hand Questionnaire will be used for subjective assessment of hand functions. Higher scores in both questionnaires reflect poorer hand functions. | At baseline and twelve weeks later |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change in Pain | Numeric rating scale (NRS) will be used for pain assessment. NRS is scored between 0-10 and, higher scores indicate higher level of pain. | At baseline and twelve weeks later |
| Change in Morning Stiffness |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Deniz Bayraktar, PT, PhD | Izmir Katip Celebi University | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Izmir Katip Celebi University | Izmir | Turkey (Türkiye) |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 33609792 | Background | Figus FA, Piga M, Azzolin I, McConnell R, Iagnocco A. Rheumatoid arthritis: Extra-articular manifestations and comorbidities. Autoimmun Rev. 2021 Apr;20(4):102776. doi: 10.1016/j.autrev.2021.102776. Epub 2021 Feb 17. | |
| 35405540 | Background | Kopruluoglu M, Naz I, Solmaz D, Akar S. Hand functions and joint position sense in patients with psoriatic arthritis- a comparison with rheumatoid arthritis and healthy controls. Clin Biomech (Bristol). 2022 May;95:105640. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2022.105640. Epub 2022 Apr 4. |
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Data will be available upon reasonable requests.
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Data will be available after completing the study and will be available for 20 years.
Data will be shared for only academic purposes (for conducting a meta-analysis or a systematic review)
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| ID | Term |
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| D001172 | Arthritis, Rheumatoid |
| D009043 | Motor Activity |
| ID | Term |
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| D001168 | Arthritis |
| D007592 | Joint Diseases |
| D009140 | Musculoskeletal Diseases |
| D012216 | Rheumatic Diseases |
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| D015444 | Exercise |
| ID | Term |
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| D009043 | Motor Activity |
| D009068 | Movement |
| D009142 | Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena |
| D055687 | Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena |
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Morning stiffness related to the hand/wrist of the patients will be questioned by using Numeric Rating Scale (0-10) in terms of duration and severity. Higher scores indicate worse morning stiffness.
| At baseline and twelve weeks later |
| Change in Disease Activity | Disease Activity 28 C-Reactive Protein (DAS28-CRP) will be used to evaluate disease activity. | At baseline and twelve weeks later |
| Change in General Functioning | Health Assessments Questionnaire-Disability Index, which is a self-report tool and has 20 items, will be used to evaluate the general functioning. All items are scored between 0 and 3. All scores are summed and divided by 20 to obtain a total score (0-3). Higher scores indicate a worse functional status. | At baseline and twelve weeks later |
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| Connective Tissue Diseases |
| D017437 | Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases |
| D001327 | Autoimmune Diseases |
| D007154 | Immune System Diseases |
| D001519 | Behavior |