Technology-aided assessment of functionally relevant sensorimotor impairments in arm and hand of post-stroke individuals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Assessing arm and hand sensorimotor impairments that are functionally relevant is essential to optimize the impact of neurorehabilitation interventions. Technology-aided assessments should provide a sensitive and objective characterization of upper limb impairments, but often provide arm weight support and neglect the importance of the hand, thereby questioning their functional relevance. The Virtual Peg Insertion Test (VPIT) addresses these limitations by quantifying arm and hand movements as well as grip forces during a goal-directed manipulation task requiring active lifting of the upper limb against gravity. The aim of this work was to evaluate the ability of the VPIT metrics to characterize arm and hand sensorimotor impairments that are relevant for performing funct

SUBMITTER: Kanzler CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7517659 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature