TY - JOUR
T1 - Grip strength comparison in immune-mediated neuropathies: Vigorimeter vs. Jamar
AU - Draak, Thomas H. P.
AU - Pruppers, Marielle H. J.
AU - van Nes, Sonja I.
AU - Vanhoutte, Els K.
AU - Bakkers, Mayienne
AU - Gorson, Kenneth C.
AU - Van der Pol, W. -Ludo
AU - Lewis, Richard. A.
AU - Notermans, Nicolette C.
AU - Nobile-Orazio, Eduardo
AU - Leger, Jean-Marc
AU - Van den Bergh, Peter Y. K.
AU - Lauria, Giuseppe
AU - Bril, Vera
AU - Katzberg, Hans
AU - Lunn, Michael P. T.
AU - Pouget, Jean
AU - van der Kooi, Anneke J.
AU - van den Berg, Leonard H.
AU - van Doorn, Pieter A.
AU - Cornblath, David R.
AU - Hahn, Angelika F.
AU - Faber, Catharina G.
AU - Merkies, Ingemar S. J.
PY - 2015/9
Y1 - 2015/9
N2 - The Jamar dynamometer and Vigorimeter have been used to assess grip strength in immune-mediated neuropathies, but have never been compared to each other. Therefore, we performed a comparison study between these two devices in patients with immune-mediated neuropathies. Grip strength data were collected in 102 cross-sectional stable and 163 longitudinal (new diagnoses or changing condition) patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS), chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP), gammopathy-related polyneuropathy (MGUSP), and multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN). Stable patients were assessed twice (validity/reliability studies). Longitudinal patients were assessed 3-5times during 1year. Responsiveness comparison between the two tools was examined using combined anchor-/distribution-based minimum clinically important difference (MCID) techniques. Patients were asked to indicate their preference for the Jamar or Vigorimeter. Both tools correlated highly with each other (=0.86, p
AB - The Jamar dynamometer and Vigorimeter have been used to assess grip strength in immune-mediated neuropathies, but have never been compared to each other. Therefore, we performed a comparison study between these two devices in patients with immune-mediated neuropathies. Grip strength data were collected in 102 cross-sectional stable and 163 longitudinal (new diagnoses or changing condition) patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS), chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP), gammopathy-related polyneuropathy (MGUSP), and multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN). Stable patients were assessed twice (validity/reliability studies). Longitudinal patients were assessed 3-5times during 1year. Responsiveness comparison between the two tools was examined using combined anchor-/distribution-based minimum clinically important difference (MCID) techniques. Patients were asked to indicate their preference for the Jamar or Vigorimeter. Both tools correlated highly with each other (=0.86, p
KW - grip strength
KW - Jamar dynamometer
KW - responsiveness comparison
KW - Vigorimeter
U2 - 10.1111/jns.12126
DO - 10.1111/jns.12126
M3 - Article
C2 - 26115516
SN - 1085-9489
VL - 20
SP - 269
EP - 276
JO - Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System
JF - Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System
IS - 3
ER -