Effect of Chopstick Training and Mirror Therapy on Fine Motor Hand Skills In Post Graduate Dental Students.

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Category Primary study
Registry of TrialsClinical Trials Registry - India
Year 2026
INTERVENTION: Intervention1: Chopstick Manipulation with mirror therapy + conventional manual dexterity training.: For the experimental group the Dominant hand will hold the chopsticks while non‐ dominant hand was placed in a mirror bo Xto be unseen, without chopsticks.The participants used the Dominant hand to move 10 Cotton balls from one bowl to another bowl placed 20 cm away.The Participants performed chopstick operation with their Dominant hand with Non dominant hand inside mirror bo Xby repeatedly transferring various objects (e.g. Cotton balls, beans, marbles, and sponges differing in size, weight, shape, and materials from one dish to another Control Intervention1: Conventional Manual Dexterity Training: Each participant in control group will be seated on a comfortable chair. Conventional Dexterity training included a range of motion, reaching, grasping, and holding activities like transferring 1 kg dumbbell from one hand to another, crumple a sheet of paper in a bowl and back to a flat piece of paper, moulding clay , perform typing movements, writing, buttoning a shirt, with progression. CONDITION: PRIMARY OUTCOME: 9 Hole Peg Board TestTimepoint: 1. Baseline data: first day of treatment ; 2. Final data: after 4 weeks of treatment SECONDARY OUTCOME: NILTimepoint: NIL INCLUSION CRITERIA: 1. Post Graduate dental students. 2. Both Male and Female Dental Residents included in the study. 3. Age group of 25‐29 years. 4. Participants with 9‐hole pegboard test mean values above 16.7 seconds for right hand and 17.7 seconds for left hand in male participants and mean values above 15.8 seconds for right hand and 17.2 seconds for left hand in female participants.
Epistemonikos ID: 188830281fc07f71fdbcf3162159dbafc19d4faa
First added on: Oct 08, 2026