A new child-friendly 3D bimanual protocol to assess upper limb movement in children with unilateral cerebral palsy: Development and validation

Cacioppo, Marine; Marin, Antoine; Rauscent, H.; Pabic, Estelle Le; Gaillard, Florence; Brochard, Sylvain; Garlantézec, Ronan; Crétual, Armel

doi:10.1016/j.jelekin.2020.102481

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“…The 31 studies used 3 different types of measurement systems: (1) 3DMA, including optoelectronic systems (Optotrack ® , VICON ® , Qualisis ® , MIE Medical Research ® ) [ 24 , 25 , 27 , 28 , 30 – 36 , 38 – 42 , 44 – 46 , 49 – 53 ] and electromagnetic systems (Polhemus ® ) [ 26 , 29 ]), (2) accelerometers (ActiGraph ® ) [ 23 , 26 ] and (3) other instruments (bespoke instrumented cube [ 43 ], Kinect device [ 48 ] or digitizer with two pens [ 47 ]) (Table 2 ). The 3DMA studies used models with 2 to 41 markers positioned on both ULs.…”

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Bimanual movements in children with cerebral palsy: a systematic review of instrumented assessments

Cacioppo

Loos²,

Lempereur

et al. 2023

J NeuroEngineering Rehabil

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Background Assessment of bimanual movements, which are frequently impaired in children with cerebral palsy, is highly challenging in clinical practice. Instrumented measures have been developed to evaluate and help to understand impaired upper limb movement during bimanual tasks in these children. The aim of this review was to report instrumented measurement tools (3D motion analysis, sensors, etc.) used for bimanual task movement analysis, and the metrological properties of the measures in children with cerebral palsy. Methods A systematic review was conducted (Prospero CRD42022308517). PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane and Scopus databases were searched with relevant keywords and inclusion/exclusion criteria. Article quality and biomechanical methods were evaluated with a customized scale and metrological properties with the COSMIN checklist. Results In total, 452 children, mostly with unilateral cerebral palsy, mean age 10.9 (SD 3.2) years, underwent quantitative bimanual assessments in the 31 included studies (mean quality score 22/32 points [SD 4.7]). The tools used were 3D motion analysis (n = 26), accelerometers (n = 2), and other instruments (cube, digitizer, etc.) (n = 3). Children performed 1–5 bimanual tasks in laboratory settings, mostly activities of daily living or game scenarios. Analyses focused mostly on spatiotemporal variables, 6 of which were specifically developed for bilateral measures (task completion time, goal synchronization, movement overlap time, interlimb coupling, continuous relative phase and asynchrony). These instrumented measurements had moderate to good discriminant and convergent validity, but reliability and responsiveness assessments were lacking. Conclusions A large number of quantitative bimanual assessments involving different tools, bimanual tasks and specific variables developed to evaluate bimanual function were found. Development of other relevant variables and validation of these tools are needed to further determine their usefulness, both as research outcomes and to guide therapies in clinical practice. Future research, involving younger children and real-life assessments, will improve our understanding of bimanual function in children with cerebral palsy.

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Bimanual movements in children with cerebral palsy: a systematic review of instrumented assessments

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Loos²,

Lempereur

et al. 2023

J NeuroEngineering Rehabil

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“…Motion capture systems based on optoelectronic devices (Vicon systems) (Oxford Metrics Group, UK) are considered to be the gold standard for a motion analysis. However, the analysis requires sending patients to a clinical laboratory and is most commonly used to assess kinematics and spatiotemporal variables during activities such as reaching and grasping [ 55 , 56 , 57 , 59 , 62 , 64 , 66 ]. Wearable inertial sensors also directly measure kinematic data of the human body and are an alternative able to be used both in the laboratory and in an open environment [ 61 , 63 , 67 ].…”

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“…As can be seen from Table 2 , OptiTrack (Motion Analysis, Corvallis, OR, USA), ELITE2002 (BTS, Milan, Italy), and Vicon Mx optoelectronic devices (Oxford Metrics Group, UK) were used to record significant changes ( p < 0.05) regarding the ROM of abduction, external rotation, flexion, extension, supination, and other movements during the respective evaluations according to the applied protocol [ 51 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 62 , 64 ].…”

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“…The Kinect v2 sensor (Microsoft, Redmond, WA, USA) is not only low-cost but also effective compared with optoelectronic devices [ 51 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 62 , 64 ] as it has a color camera with a resolution of 1920 × 1080 pixels at 30 fps and a depth camera with a resolution of 512 × 424 at 30 fps, with a field of view of 70° horizontal and 60° vertical. It also allows the determination of 25 joint points without the need for skin markers, unlike Vicon Mx optoelectronic devices (Oxford Metrics Group, UK) or OptiTrack (Motion Analysis, Corvallis, OR, USA) [ 65 , 68 ].…”

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“…Meanwhile, several authors used inertial sensors to simultaneously obtain the angular velocity and acceleration of their patients [ 61 , 63 ]. Other authors used Vicon devices to determine the smoothness of the movements of the activities performed during the evaluation [ 64 ] and one [ 61 ] used an inertial sensor to measure the smoothness of the motion. The range of normality of the motion of each sub-movement performed in the test was calculated using the spectral arc length metric (SALM), peak metric (PM), and log dimensionless jerk metric (LDJM).…”

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Upper Limb Movement Measurement Systems for Cerebral Palsy: A Systematic Literature Review

Francisco-Martínez¹,

Prado-Olivarez²,

Padilla-Medina³

et al. 2021

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Quantifying the quality of upper limb movements is fundamental to the therapeutic process of patients with cerebral palsy (CP). Several clinical methods are currently available to assess the upper limb range of motion (ROM) in children with CP. This paper focuses on identifying and describing available techniques for the quantitative assessment of the upper limb active range of motion (AROM) and kinematics in children with CP. Following the screening and exclusion of articles that did not meet the selection criteria, we analyzed 14 studies involving objective upper extremity assessments of the AROM and kinematics using optoelectronic devices, wearable sensors, and low-cost Kinect sensors in children with CP aged 4–18 years. An increase in the motor function of the upper extremity and an improvement in most of the daily tasks reviewed were reported. In the population of this study, the potential of wearable sensors and the Kinect sensor natural user interface as complementary devices for the quantitative evaluation of the upper extremity was evident. The Kinect sensor is a clinical assessment tool with a unique markerless motion capture system. Few authors had described the kinematic models and algorithms used to estimate their kinematic analysis in detail. However, the kinematic models in these studies varied from 4 to 10 segments. In addition, few authors had followed the joint assessment recommendations proposed by the International Society of Biomechanics (ISB). This review showed that three-dimensional analysis systems were used primarily for monitoring and evaluating spatiotemporal variables and kinematic parameters of upper limb movements. The results indicated that optoelectronic devices were the most commonly used systems. The joint assessment recommendations proposed by the ISB should be used because they are approved standards for human kinematic assessments. This review was registered in the PROSPERO database (CRD42021257211).

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Motor patterns of the impaired upper limb in children with unilateral cerebral palsy performing bimanual tasks

Cacioppo

Lempereur

Marin

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A new child-friendly 3D bimanual protocol to assess upper limb movement in children with unilateral cerebral palsy: Development and validation

Cited by 10 publications

References 33 publications

Bimanual movements in children with cerebral palsy: a systematic review of instrumented assessments

Bimanual movements in children with cerebral palsy: a systematic review of instrumented assessments

Upper Limb Movement Measurement Systems for Cerebral Palsy: A Systematic Literature Review

Motor patterns of the impaired upper limb in children with unilateral cerebral palsy performing bimanual tasks

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