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Hand Grip Strength and Medical Research Council Scale as Predictors of Weaning Failure

NCT03991702 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 102

Last updated 2019-06-19

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Summary

The handgrip strength (HGS) will be measured with a digital dynamometer. Three measurements will be taken, whose average of the three measurements will be collected.

Muscle weakness will be diagnosed based on previously published ICU acquired weakness (ICU-AW) scores (for males \<11 kg and females \<7 kg).

The overall motor function of the patient will be assessed using the Medical Research Council (MRC) scale. The maximum score of the scale is 60 points, adding the degree of muscle strength of all muscle groups tested. If the patient is unable to have one of the limbs tested, it is assumed that the limb would have the same force as the contralateral limb.

A score of 48 points or less is indicative of muscle weakness. Individuals who scored between 48 and 37 points on the MRC scale are considered to have significant weaknesses; those with 36 points or less are classified as severely weak.

The HGS and the MRC scale will be compared as predictors of weaning duration of mechanical ventilation

Conditions

  • Muscle Weakness Condition
  • Mechanical Ventilation Complication
  • Weaning Failure

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

diagnostic test

The overall motor function of the patient will be assessed using the Medical Research Council (MRC) scale and Palmar dynamometer strength

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gilberto Friedman, Prof · Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-03-01
Primary Completion
2017-03-30
Completion
2017-04-30

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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