Upper extremity movement pattern of a common drinking task in well elderly women: a pilot study

Maitra, Kinsuk; Junkins, Michael D.

doi:10.1002/oti.198

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“…This consisted of small sense coils (diameter ~ 2 cm) that are attached to the moving limbs to record angular movements within an electromagnetic field created by field coils (diameter ~180 cm). Studies using similar systems have been reported in the literature (Andree and Maitra, 2002;Maitra and Junkins, 2004). In our study, one sense coil was attached to the upper arm (over the radial side of the biceps) to record upper arm movements in the sagital plane during reaching.…”

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Incoordination of a sequential motor task in Parkinson's disease

Maitra

Dasgupta

2005

Occup. Ther. Int.

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The quality of life in persons with Parkinson's disease (PD) has increased significantly with improved medicines. However, as the disease progresses difficulty in performing activities of daily life occur and occupational therapy intervention is sought (Deane et al., 2001). Reviews describing the efficacy of occupational therapy intervention in PD are inconclusive (Murphy and Tickle-Degnen, 2001; Gaudet, 2002). The purpose of this study is to establish an occupational therapy protocol for PD based upon research on motor control, sensory feedback and bradykinesia. As a first stage, the present study investigated the contribution of sensory feedback in generating the most prevalent symptoms of PD, that is, bradykinesia. Fast reach-to-grasp movement without kinesthetic or visual dependence in PD patients under on-drug and off-drug conditions were investigated. Seven normal participants and 11 patients with PD voluntarily participated in the study. Movements of the upper arm as a measure of reach, and movements of the index finger as a measure of grasp were recorded using magnetic trackers. Compared to the normal participants, this index to upper arm movement relationship was severely disturbed in the patients with PD and was improved following medications. Inter-onset latency (IOL), that is, the time lag between the initiation of upper arm movement and index movement, was significantly longer in PD patients compared to normal subjects. Medications reduced IOL which lead to improvement of the relationship of upper arm and index. The results suggest that bradykinesia is due to the breakdown of co-ordination between joint movements as a result of presumably slow executive processing of motor programmes. Individual joint movements are initiated out of sequence resulting in uncoordinated movements even with antiparkinsonian drugs. It is suggested that occupational therapy intervention in PD patients should be directed to occupations that require co-ordination of joint movements essential for successful completion of various activities of daily living tasks.

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confidence: 94%

Incoordination of a sequential motor task in Parkinson's disease

Maitra

Dasgupta

2005

Occup. Ther. Int.

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“…These results were consistent with previous studies that have shown maturation of upper limb movements in children aged from 3 to 18 years 10,24 and significant aging in the elderly. 4,20 Indeed, older children's movements (>8 years) were larger, 10,24 smoother, and more linear, accurate and reproducible 10 than younger children's movements (<8 years). Moreover, the movements of elderly individuals (age mean ± SD in years: [75.3 ± 4.0]) were slower and less smooth than the movements of young adults (age mean ± SD in years: 20 Surprisingly, the speed index for both geometrical tasks decreased throughout life.…”

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“…4,20 Indeed, older children's movements (>8 years) were larger, 10,24 smoother, and more linear, accurate and reproducible 10 than younger children's movements (<8 years). Moreover, the movements of elderly individuals (age mean ± SD in years: [75.3 ± 4.0]) were slower and less smooth than the movements of young adults (age mean ± SD in years: 20 Surprisingly, the speed index for both geometrical tasks decreased throughout life. The speed of the upper limb movements may have been influenced by the ''spontaneous speeds'' instruction.…”

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“…10, 24 Olivier et al 23 showed progress in upper limb kinematics over time by comparing children (age range in years: [6][7][8][9][10][11]) and young adults (mean age in years: 38). Finally, some studies have objectified the aging of upper limb kinematics by comparing young adults (age range in years: [20][21][22][23]) and the elderly (age range in years: [70][71][72][73][74][75][76][77][78][79][80]). 4 However, the sample sizes and age criteria employed in these studies were limited and did not allow the authors to (i) quantify the evolution of upper limb kinematics throughout life or (ii) determine an age limit of maturity for upper limb kinematics.…”

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Age Effects on Upper Limb Kinematics Assessed by the REAplan Robot in Healthy Subjects Aged 3 to 93 Years

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Kinematics is recommended for the quantitative assessment of upper limb movements. The aims of this study were to determine the age effects on upper limb kinematics and establish normative values in healthy subjects. Three hundred and seventy healthy subjects, aged 3-93 years, participated in the study. They performed two unidirectional and two geometrical tasks ten consecutive times with the REAplan, a distal effector robotic device that allows upper limb displacements in the horizontal plane. Twenty-six kinematic indices were computed for the four tasks. For the four tasks, nineteen of the computed kinematic indices showed an age effect. Seventeen indices (the accuracy, speed and smoothness indices and the reproducibility of the accuracy, speed and smoothness) improved in young subjects aged 3-30 years, showed stabilization in adults aged 30-60 years and declined in elderly subjects aged 60-93 years. Additionally, for both geometrical tasks, the speed index exhibited a decrease throughout life. Finally, a principal component analysis provided the relations between the kinematic indices, tasks and subjects' age. This study is the first to assess age effects on upper limb kinematics and establish normative values in subjects aged 3-93 years.

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“…Although motion analysis is complex, it has been reported to be effective in evaluating the characteristics of the upper extremity function of various movement disorders since it has the advantage of being able to provide the kinematic data for each joint [15,16]. When looking into previous studies that examine the quantitative and qualitative movements of the upper extremity through the use of kinematic motion analysis, many of them involved healthy subjects performing task-oriented reaching exercises in order to understand the mechanisms and biomechanical properties of motor control [17][18][19].…”

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Three-dimensional kinematic motion analysis of door handling task in people with mild and moderate stroke

Lee

Kim

Hwang³

et al. 2016

PTRS

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Objective: This study aimed to quantify one of the useful upper extremity movements to evaluate motor control abilities between the groups of people with mild and moderate arm impairments performing a door handling task. Design: Cross-sectional study. Methods: Twenty-one healthy participants and twenty-one persons with chronic stroke (9 mild stroke and 12 moderate stroke) were recruited for this study. Stroke participants were divided into 2 groups based on Fugle-Meyer Assessment scores of 58-65 (mild arm) and 38-57 (moderate arm). All they performed door handling task including the pronation and supination phases 3 times. We measured some movement factors which were reaction time, movement time, hand of peak velocity, hand of movement units to perform door handling task using the three-dimensional motion analysis. Results: The majority of kinematic variables showed significant differences among study groups (p<0.05). The reaction time, total and phase of movement time, hand of peak velocity ,the number of movement units discriminated between healthy participants and persons with moderate upper limb stroke (p<0.05). In addition, reaction time, total and phase of movement time, the number of movement units discriminated between those with moderate and mild upper limbs of stroke patients (p<0.05). Conclusions: Three-dimensional kinematic motion analysis in this study was a useful tool for assessing the upper extremity function in different subgroups of people with stroke during the door handling task. These kinematic variables may help clinicians understand the arm movements in door handling task and consist of discriminative therapeutic interventions for stroke patients on upper extremity rehabilitation.

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Upper extremity movement pattern of a common drinking task in well elderly women: a pilot study

Abstract: Retraining of the upper limb during neurological rehabilitation often involves preparatory therapeutic exercises of concentric and eccentric

Cited by 15 publications

References 26 publications

Incoordination of a sequential motor task in Parkinson's disease

Incoordination of a sequential motor task in Parkinson's disease

Age Effects on Upper Limb Kinematics Assessed by the REAplan Robot in Healthy Subjects Aged 3 to 93 Years

Three-dimensional kinematic motion analysis of door handling task in people with mild and moderate stroke

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