Home Grip Strength Testing for Patients with CIDP

Patients' self-measurements of grip strength are feasible and reliable, although applicability to IVIG dose optimization is still uncertain.

In this prospective observational study, authors tested the feasibility of having patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) use a Jamar dynamometer to measure their grip strength. Twenty-five patients ages 18 to 85 years old who were on a stable intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) dose were enrolled at five centers. Only three were concomitantly on prednisone or mycophenolate. A producer of IVIG provided funding. Daily grip strength was calculated as an average of 3 recordings in each hand for 6 months.

Compliance was high. Patient-collected grip strength correlated well with nursing assessments (R²=0.95). Grip strength correlated with some measures of disability, particularly with the Inflammatory Rasch-Bu…

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Leana Doherty, MD

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Editorial BoardsNeurohospitalist Society; InterACTN (Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology)

Leana Doherty, MD

Disclosures

Editorial BoardsNeurohospitalist Society; InterACTN (Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology)

Home Grip Strength Testing for Patients with CIDP

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