The effects of speed of execution on upper-limb kinematics in activities of daily living with respect to age

Impairment and Compensation in Dexterous Upper-Limb Function After Stroke. From the Direct Consequences of Pyramidal Tract Lesions to Behavioral Involvement of Both Upper-Limbs in Daily Activities

“…However, while there is a reasonable body of literature on bimanual organization through infant development ( Fagard and Lockman, 2005 ) and primate evolution ( Obhi, 2004 ), there is a paucity of literature on bimanual cooperative actions during daily life tasks in human adults. Existing studies on the subject have tended to focus most notably on the role of executive functions in movement planning ( Gulde et al, 2019 ).…”

Assessment of cognitive instrumental activities of daily living: a systematic review

“…Other tasks are to photocopy three pages when there are only two pages available and not picking up the phone even though it is ringing, among others. Participants have between nine and 20 min to complete the task assigned, which can be assessed using the following factors: (1) analysis of the task; (2) generation of strategies and regulation; (3) prospective work memory; (4) inference and management of dual tasks; (5) inhibitory response; (6) prospective memory based on time; and (7) prospective memory based on events. The Multitasking in the City Test [56] is based on the same idea as the previously mentioned MET.…”

“…They can be classified as basic activities of daily living (BADLs), which refer essentially to personal care, or instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs), which involve a greater interaction with the social environment and higher cognitive demands. IADLs also are known as complex (7) health management and maintenance, such as maintaining a healthy routine, taking physical exercise, having adequate nutrition and annual health checkups, avoiding health risk behaviors and handling medication if necessary; (8) home establishment and management: for example, searching for a home and taking care of it, repairing clothes and personal belongings or cleaning the home; (9) meal preparation and cleanup: it includes planning a balanced and nutritious diet, cooking and cleaning after meals; (10) religious and spiritual activities and expression; (11) safety and emergency maintenance: knowing and developing processes to prevent accidents and responding to unexpected hazards or emergencies; and (12) shopping: it incudes making a shopping list, selecting the goods and payment method and purchasing the goods.…”

“…Two major factors have been differentiated in IADLs: (1) activities of daily living with a high physical demand; and (2) cognitive instrumental activities of daily living, such as scheduling appointments, organizing monthly payments or budgets, economic management of the monthly salary and similar activities [6,7]. Cognitive IADLs can be understood as everyday cognition, which has been defined as the ability to solve cognitively complex tasks of everyday life [8,9] in the real world [10].…”

“…Burgess reported that multitasking activities have eight main characteristics [12]: (1) many tasks must be completed; (2) it is necessary to intersperse one task with another; (3) due to cognitive or physical limitations, only one task can be performed at a time, which sets them apart from the dual task paradigm, in which participants are instructed to perform two tasks at the same time; (4) unforeseen interruptions/unexpected results may occur; (5) the accomplishment of the different tasks requires prospective memory; (6) the different tasks vary in terms of priority, difficulty and duration; (7) the objectives of the tasks are defined by the person who is going to perform them; (8) and there is no continuous performance feedback during the performance of the task. Multitasking is related to a broad variety of cognitive functions and particularly to those associated with executive functioning and prospective memory.…”