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This study aimed to determine the effects of grip-strengthening exercises combined with wrist stability training on pain and function in patients with non-specific chronic wrist pain. Materials and Methods: The subjects of the study were 31 patients with wrist pain. To determine the effect of grip-strengthening exercises combined with wrist stability training, 15 participants participated in grip-strengthening exercises combined with wrist stability training and 16 control subjects participated. The experimental group participated in wrist-stability training. Grip-strengthening exercises combined with wrist stability training were performed for 20 min\/day twice a week for 4 weeks, and relaxation massage and conservative physical therapy were performed for 20 min\/day twice a week for 4 weeks. The control group received relaxation massage and conservative physical therapy for 40 min\/day twice a week for 4 weeks. A visual pain scale was used to evaluate the degree of pain before and after treatment, and a patient-rated wrist evaluation was used to evaluate wrist function. Results: The results showed that the visual score significantly decreased in the time effect before and after the intervention in both groups (p &lt; 0.001), patient-rated wrist evaluation significantly decreased (p &lt; 0.001), and grip strength and muscle strength significantly increased (p &lt; 0.001). The results of this study showed that grip-strengthening exercises combined with wrist stability training were effective in improving pain, function, grip strength, and muscle strength in patients with non-specific chronic wrist pain. Conclusions: Grip-strengthening exercises combined with wrist stability training can be used as an effective intervention method to improve pain, function, grip strength, and muscle strength, emphasizing the need for wrist exercise interventions in patients with non-specific chronic wrist pain in the future.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina60071144","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,16]],"date-time":"2024-07-16T15:05:51Z","timestamp":1721142351000},"page":"1144","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Effects of Wrist Stability Training Combined with Grip Strength Exercise on Pain and Function in Patients with Nonspecific Chronic Wrist Pain"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"60","author":[{"given":"Seung-Ji","family":"Hong","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Graduate School of Physical Therapy, Sahmyook University, Seoul 01795, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3100-3995","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mi-Young","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Therapy, Sahmyook University, Seoul 01795, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9766-6068","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Byoung-Hee","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Therapy, Sahmyook University, Seoul 01795, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"621","DOI":"10.1113\/jphysiol.2004.077115","article-title":"Hyperthermia: A failure of the motor cortex and the muscle","volume":"563","author":"Todd","year":"2005","journal-title":"J. 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