Status:

COMPLETED

Characterization of Manual Dexterity by Finger Force Manipuladum (FFM) in Patients With Writer's Cramp and in Control Subjects

Lead Sponsor:

Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild

Collaborating Sponsors:

Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France

Conditions:

Dystonic Disorder

Focal Dystonia

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Writer's cramp is a focal dystonia characterized by abnormal movements and postures during writing. Limited finger independence during writing manifests as difficulty suppressing unwanted activations ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion criteria for patients with writer's cramp
  • Patient with writer's cramp and writing speed \<140 letters / min
  • Writer's cramp focal dystonia specific to the task of writing
  • Patient treated or not with botulinum toxin injection
  • Person having attended school in French
  • Non inclusion criteria for patients with writer's cramp
  • Patients whose writer's cramp has no impact on the handwriting and has kept a writing speed\> 140 letters per minute.
  • Tremor of writing
  • Neurological condition other than writer's cramp (eg Parkinson's syndrome)
  • Pain, trauma or pathology of the upper limb of the writing member other than the writer's cramp who required medical or surgical treatment in the last 6 months preceding the initial check-up
  • Inclusion criteria for control subjects
  • •\> 18 years old
  • Without writer's cramp
  • Person having attended school in French
  • Non inclusion criteria for control subjects
  • Tremor of writing
  • Neurological condition other than writer's cramp (eg Parkinson's syndrome)
  • Pain, trauma or pathology of the upper limb of the writing member other than the writer's cramp who required medical or surgical treatment in the last 6 months preceding the initial check-up
  • Matching criteria between cases and control patients
  • Age (± 5 years)
  • Gender
  • Hand writing

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    October 1 2018

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    July 19 2019

    Estimated Enrollment :

    40 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT03797638

    Start Date

    October 1 2018

    End Date

    July 19 2019

    Last Update

    June 22 2021

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    Fondation A de Rothschild

    Paris, France, 75019