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14th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand (IFSSH), 11th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy (IFSHT)

17.06. - 21.06.2019, Berlin

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Do all patients with complaints of the wrist experience the same functional difficulties in daily life?

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  • presenting/speaker Linda Weerts - Hand and Wristcentre de Ergo Experts, Utrecht - Zeist - Tiel, Zeist, Netherlands
  • Eleonore Sleegers - Hand and Wristcentre de Ergo Experts, Utrecht - Zeist - Tiel, Zeist, Netherlands

International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand. International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy. 14th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand (IFSSH), 11th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy (IFSHT), 11th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy (IFSHT). Berlin, 17.-21.06.2019. Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; 2020. DocIFSHT19-1096

doi: 10.3205/19ifssh1553, urn:nbn:de:0183-19ifssh15531

Published: February 6, 2020

© 2020 Weerts et al.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. See license information at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

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Clinical issue/s: The primary purpose of this study is to get a better understanding of the functional difficulties in activities of daily living of patients who suffer from non-traumatic complaints of the wrist.

Clinical reasoning: At the time of the abstract, the study was still in progress. The hypothesis is that not all patients with complaints of the wrist experience the same functional difficulties. However, a relatively large group will have difficulties during the same type of activities in daily life.

Innovative, analytical or new approach: This was a retrospective analysis of data of 50 adult patients aged 18 to 80 years with non-traumatic wrist complaints and treated surgically and/or conservatively. The function subscale of the Dutch version of the Patient Rated Wrist/Hand Evaluation (PRWHE-DLV) has been used to collect data. Patients were excluded if they were unable to speak or read Dutch. It has been researched whether similarities or differences can be found in the outcomes within the same diagnostic group.

Contribution to advancing HT practice: The results can be used for better patient education and the selection of suitable hand therapy interventions.