Classifying hand sensorimotor functions of the chronic kidney disease patients using novel manual tactile test and pinch-holding-up activity

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 14; no. 7; p. e0219762
• Main Authors: Tu, I-Te, Cheng, Yu-Shiuan, Mo, Pu-Chun, Hsu, Hsiu-Yun, Kuo, Li-Chieh, Jou, I-Ming, Su, Fong-Chin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 11.07.2019; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Accuracy; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aging; Biology and Life Sciences; Biomedical engineering; Brain research; Carpal tunnel syndrome; Chronic kidney failure; Classification; Complications and side effects; Engineering; Evaluation; Feasibility studies; Female; Hand; Hand - physiopathology; Hand Strength - physiology; Hand tools; Humans; Kidney diseases; Kidneys; Male; Medicine and Health Sciences; Middle Aged; Neurosciences; Novels; Occupational therapy; Operators (mathematics); Perceptual-motor processes; Physical Sciences; Pinch Strength - physiology; Renal Dialysis; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic - physiopathology; Research and analysis methods; Sensorimotor Cortex - physiopathology; Sensorimotor system; Sensory Thresholds - physiology; Stroke; Tactile; Thumb - physiopathology; Touch - physiology; Taiwan
• ISSN: 1932-6203; 1932-6203
• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0219762

Hand function deterioration brings about inconvenience to the daily lives of the chronic kidney disease patients. However, a full spectrum of hand function examination is absent. Therefore, this study aimed to classify the hand sensorimotor functions of the chronic kidney disease patients using the...