Biomedicine

Abstract

Introduction and Aim: The compression of the cervical nerve roots causes cervical radiculopathy. Pain, motor impairments, sensory deficits, decreased or absent reflexes, or any combination are all clinical characteristics. Non-operative management includes intermittent cervical traction, transcutaneous electrical stimulation, and neck exercises. Hand function and Hand-Eye coordination exercises have shown improvement in people with cervical radiculopathy; therefore, adding them would be beneficial. This study examined how hand function and hand-eye coordination activities affected cervical radiculopathy. Materials and Methods: An experimental study was conducted in which Group A (Control group) with twenty-two participants, treated with intermittent cervical traction (ICT) for 10 mins, Transcutaneous electrical stimulation (TENS) for 10 mins, and neck range of motion exercises for 10 mins. Group B (Experimental group), with twenty-two participants, was treated the same as the control group, along with hand function training and hand-eye coordination exercises for 10 mins. Pain, disability, and hand-eye coordination are the study's outcomes. The Pain is measured using a 10-cm visual analog scale, the neck disability index is used to assess neck disability, and the wall ball bounce test is used to assess hand-eye coordination. Results: Statistical analysis was done using SPSS statistical software version 21.0. The collected data were analyzed with a parametric test, a paired 't' test for within-group analysis, and an unpaired 't' test for between-group analysis. The statistical test was interpreted at a 5% level of significance. Conclusion: This study concludes that the experimental group who received conventional training, hand function, and hand-eye coordination exercises completed well. Therefore, it is essential to add hand function and hand-eye coordination for cervical radiculopathy patients to improve hand functions.