Trial reportJournal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation2021
Validity, reliability, and sensitivity to motor impairment severity of a multi-touch app designed to assess hand mobility, coordination, and function after stroke.
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- Reliability and validity of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis diagnosis based on mobile phone AI scoliosis screening algorithm and infrared 3D spine assessment system.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026Article
- Feasibility of the Meta Quest 3 for upper limb kinematic analysis: accuracy, consistency, agreement and reliability.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Neuromorphic Technologies for Neuroengineering: From Adaptive Stimulation to SNN-Based Inference and Deployable Biointerfaces.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- UI/UX design requirements for young stroke survivors: recommendations from the literature.NPJ digital medicine · 2025Review
- Development and Validation of a Virtual Version of the Box and Block Test to Assess Manual Dexterity at Home for Adults with Stroke and Children with Cerebral Palsy.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Portable Touchscreen Assessment of Motor Skill: A Registered Report of the Reliability and Validity of EDNA MoTap.Assessment · 2025Article
- Gamified mHealth System for Evaluating Upper Limb Motor Performance in Children: Cross-Sectional Feasibility Study.JMIR serious games · 2025Article
- Touchscreen-based assessment of upper limb kinematics after stroke: Reliability, validity and sensitivity to motor impairment.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Validation of the Kinematic Assessment Protocol Used in the Technology-Supported Neurorehabilitation System, Rehabilitation Technologies for Hand and Arm (R3THA™), in Children and Teenagers with Cerebral Palsy.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- An Overall Automated Architecture Based on the Tapping Test Measurement Protocol: Hand Dexterity Assessment through an Innovative Objective Method.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Reliability and Construct Validity of a Mobile Application for the Finger Tapping Test Evaluation in People with Multiple Sclerosis.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- Extended reality to assess post-stroke manual dexterity: contrasts between the classic box and block test, immersive virtual reality with controllers, with hand-tracking, and mixed-reality tests.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Efficacy of personalized rTMS to enhance upper limb function in subacute stroke patients: a protocol for a multi-center, randomized controlled study.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
- Effects of Immersive Virtual Reality on Upper-Extremity Stroke Rehabilitation: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- High-Frequency Ipsilesional versus Low-Frequency Contralesional Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation after Stroke: Differential Effects on Ipsilesional Upper Extremity Motor Recovery.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Qualitative feasibility study of the mobile app Destroke for clinical stroke monitoring based on the NIH stroke scale.Heliyon · 2023Article
- A novel tablet-based application for assessment of manual dexterity and its components: a reliability and validity study in healthy subjects.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe assessment of upper-limb motor impairments after stroke is usually performed using clinical scales and tests, which may lack accuracy and specificity and be biased. Although some instruments exist that are capable of evaluating hand functions and grasping during functional tasks, hand mobility and dexterity are generally either not specifically considered during clinical assessments or these examinations lack accuracy. This study aimed to determine the convergent validity, reliability, and sensitivity to impairment severity after a stroke of a dedicated, multi-touch app, named the Hand Assessment Test.
methodsThe hand mobility, coordination, and function of 88 individuals with stroke were assessed using the app, and their upper-limb functions were assessed using the Fugl-Meyer Assessment for Upper Extremity, the Jebsen-Taylor Hand Function Test, the Box and Block Test, and the Nine Hole Peg Test. Twenty-three participants were further considered to investigate inter- and intra-rater reliability, standard error of measurement, and the minimal detectable change threshold of the app. Finally, participants were categorized according to motor impairment severity and the sensitivity of the app relative to these classifications was investigated.
resultsSignificant correlations, of variable strengths, were found between the measurements performed by the app and the clinical scales and tests. Variable reliability, ranging from moderate to excellent, was found for all app measurements. Exercises that involved tapping and maximum finger-pincer grasp were sensitive to motor impairment severity.
conclusionsThe convergent validity, reliability, and sensitivity to motor impairment severity of the app, especially of those exercises that involved tapping and the maximum extension of the fingers, together with the widespread availability of the app, could support the use of this and similar apps to complement conventional clinical assessments of hand function after stroke.
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