Upper limb functional assessment of children with cerebral palsy using a sorting box

We investigated the use of a sorting box to obtain a quantitative assessment of upper limb motor function in children with cerebral palsy. In our study, children with and without cerebral palsy placed and removed geometrical objects of a sorting-box while their wrist position was monitored by a came...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Vol. 2014; pp. 2330 - 2333
Main Authors Quijano-Gonzalez, Y., Melendez-Calderon, A., Burdet, E., Chong-Quero, J. E., Villanueva-Ayala, D., Perez-Moreno, J. C.
Format Conference Proceeding Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States IEEE 01.01.2014
Subjects
Activities of Daily Living
Arm - physiopathology
Cerebral Palsy - diagnosis
Cerebral Palsy - physiopathology
Child
Containers
Female
Filling
Humans
Male
Measurement
Pediatrics
Physical Therapy Modalities
Problem Solving
Reliability
Sorting
Testing
Wrist Joint - physiopathology
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:We investigated the use of a sorting box to obtain a quantitative assessment of upper limb motor function in children with cerebral palsy. In our study, children with and without cerebral palsy placed and removed geometrical objects of a sorting-box while their wrist position was monitored by a camera-based, motion-tracking system. We analyzed three different smoothness metrics (logarithmic dimensionless jerk, spectral arc-length and number of peaks) together with time to task completion. Our results suggest that smoothness metrics are an effective tool to distinguish between impaired and non-impaired subjects, as well as to quantify differences between the affected and less-affected sides in children with hemiparetic cerebral palsy.
ISSN:1094-687X
1557-170X
1558-4615
DOI:10.1109/EMBC.2014.6944087