ArticleFrontiers in digital health2024
Upper limb movement quality measures: comparing IMUs and optical motion capture in stroke patients performing a drinking task.
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- Phase-specific multimodal biomarkers enable explainable assessment of upper limb dysfunction in chronic stroke.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Article
- CKATool: A clinical kinematic analysis toolbox for upper limb rehabilitation.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2025Article
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- Enhancing rehabilitation in stroke survivors: a deep learning approach to access upper extremity movement using accelerometry data.Frontiers in artificial intelligence · 2025Article
- Using deep learning to detect upper limb compensation in individuals post-stroke using consumer-grade webcams-A feasibility study.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Evaluating inter- and intra-rater reliability in assessing upper limb compensatory movements post-stroke: creating a ground truth through video analysis?Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2024Article
- The Use of Head-Mounted Display Systems for Upper Limb Kinematic Analysis in Post-Stroke Patients: A Perspective Review on Benefits, Challenges and Other Solutions.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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Abstract
Introduction: Clinical assessment of upper limb sensorimotor function post-stroke is often constrained by low sensitivity and limited information on movement quality. To address this gap, recent studies proposed a standardized instrumented drinking task, as a representative daily activity combining different components of functional arm use. Although kinematic movement quality measures for this task are well-established, and optical motion capture (OMC) has proven effective in their measurement, its clinical application remains limited. Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) emerge as a promising low-cost and user-friendly alternative, yet their validity and clinical relevance compared to the gold standard OMC need investigation. Method: In this study, we conducted a measurement system comparison between IMUs and OMC, analyzing 15 established movement quality measures in 15 mild and moderate stroke patients performing the drinking task, using five IMUs placed on each wrist, upper arm, and trunk. Results: Our findings revealed strong agreement between the systems, with 12 out of 15 measures demonstrating clinical applicability, evidenced by Limits of Agreement (LoA) below the Minimum Clinically Important Differences (MCID) for each measure. Discussion: These results are promising, suggesting the clinical applicability of IMUs in quantifying movement quality for mildly and moderately impaired stroke patients performing the drinking task.
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