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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Quantifying Hand Strength and Isometric Pinch Individuation Using a Flexible Pressure Sensor Grid.

Brian J Conway, Léon Taquet, Timothy F Boerger, Sarah C Young, Kate B Krucoff, Brian D Schmit, Max O Krucoff

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Brian J ConwayMedical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2563-0661
Léon TaquetDepartment of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA.
Timothy F BoergerDepartment of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1587-3704
Sarah C YoungDepartment of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA.
Kate B KrucoffDepartment of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA.
Brian D SchmitDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University and Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA.
Max O KrucoffDepartment of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9577-8944
Medical College of Wisconsin · USMarquette University · US

Funding

Medical College of Wisconsin Department of NeurosurgeryWisconsin Medical Society Summer Research Fellowship
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Modulating force between the thumb and another digit, or isometric pinch individuation, is critical for daily tasks and can be impaired due to central or peripheral nervous system injury. Because surgical and rehabilitative efforts often focus on regaining this dexterous ability, we need to be able to consistently quantify pinch individuation across time and facilities. Currently, a standardized metric for such an assessment does not exist. Therefore, we tested whether we could use a commercially available flexible pressure sensor grid (Tekscan F-Socket [Tekscan Inc., Norwood, MA, USA]) to repeatedly measure isometric pinch individuation and maximum voluntary contraction (MVC) in twenty right-handed healthy volunteers at two visits. We developed a novel equation informed by the prior literature to calculate isometric individuation scores that quantified percentage of force on the grid generated by the indicated digit. MVC intra-class correlation coefficients (ICCs) for the left and right hands were 0.86 (

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FingersIndividuationHandHand StrengthHumansIsometric ContractionThumbfinger isometric individuationhand motor functionhand strengthneurophysiologyTekscan

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PMID37447773
PMCPMC10346473
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