Grip strength comparison in immune-mediated neuropathies: Vigorimeter vs. Jamar

Thomas H. P. Draak; Marielle H. J. Pruppers; Sonja I. van Nes; Els K. Vanhoutte; Mayienne Bakkers; Kenneth C. Gorson; W. -Ludo Van der Pol; Richard. A. Lewis; Nicolette C. Notermans; Eduardo Nobile-Orazio; Jean-Marc Leger; Peter Y. K. Van den Bergh; Giuseppe Lauria; Vera Bril; Hans Katzberg; Michael P. T. Lunn; Jean Pouget; Anneke J. van der Kooi; Leonard H. van den Berg; Pieter A. van Doorn; David R. Cornblath; Angelika F. Hahn; Catharina G. Faber; Ingemar S. J. Merkies

doi:10.1111/jns.12126

Grip strength comparison in immune-mediated neuropathies: Vigorimeter vs. Jamar

Thomas H. P. Draak^*
, Marielle H. J. Pruppers
, Sonja I. van Nes
, Els K. Vanhoutte
, Mayienne Bakkers
, Kenneth C. Gorson
, W. -Ludo Van der Pol
, Richard. A. Lewis
, Nicolette C. Notermans
, Eduardo Nobile-Orazio
, Jean-Marc Leger
, Peter Y. K. Van den Bergh
, Giuseppe Lauria
, Vera Bril
, Hans Katzberg
, Michael P. T. Lunn
, Jean Pouget
, Anneke J. van der Kooi
, Leonard H. van den Berg
, Pieter A. van Doorn

David R. Cornblath, Angelika F. Hahn, Catharina G. Faber, Ingemar S. J. Merkies

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

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

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	269-276
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System
Volume	20
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jns.12126
Publication status	Published - Sept 2015

Keywords

grip strength
Jamar dynamometer
responsiveness comparison
Vigorimeter

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Draak, T. H. P., Pruppers, M. H. J., van Nes, S. I., Vanhoutte, E. K., Bakkers, M., Gorson, K. C., Van der Pol, W. .-L., Lewis, R. A., Notermans, N. C., Nobile-Orazio, E., Leger, J.-M., Van den Bergh, P. Y. K., Lauria, G., Bril, V., Katzberg, H., Lunn, M. P. T., Pouget, J., van der Kooi, A. J., van den Berg, L. H., ... Merkies, I. S. J. (2015). Grip strength comparison in immune-mediated neuropathies: Vigorimeter vs. Jamar. Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System, 20(3), 269-276. https://doi.org/10.1111/jns.12126

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