Application of Valpar 4 System in Rehabilitation of Hand Injury
Abstract：Objective To observe the effect of Valpar 4 system on hand injury. Methods 40 patients with hand injury were randomly di-vided into control group and observation group with 20 patients in each group. Routine treatment was applied in both groups while Valpar 4 system was added in the observation group. Then total active motion (TAM) of finger joints, Disability of Arm Shoulder and Hand (DASH), and Upper Extremity Function Test (UEFT) were carried out before, 2 weeks and 4 weeks after treatment. Results The TAM improved sig-nificantly in the control group 2 weeks after treatment (P<0.001). The TAM, DASH and UEFT improved significantly in the observation group (P<0.001), and the DASH and UEFT were better in the observation group than in the control group (P<0.001). 4 weeks after treat-ment, the TAM and UEFT improved significantly (P<0.001) in the control group, the TAM, DASH, UEFT significantly improved in the ob-servation group (P<0.001), and were better in the observation group than in the control group (P<0.05). Conclusion Valpar 4 system can ef-fectively improve the TAM of fingers, function of hands and upper limb, especially in terms of activities of daily living of upper limbs.
Keywords：hand injuryValpar 4 systemtotal active motionDisability of Arm Shoulder and HandUpper Extremity Function Test
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 567-570 )