Investigation of the Kinematic Upper-Limb Movement Assessment (KUMA): A Pilot Study.

ABSTRACT: Purpose: Upper limb movement disorders are common after stroke and can severely impact activities of daily living. Available clinical measures of these disorders are subjective and may lack the sensitivity needed to track a patient's progress and to compare different therapies. Kinematic analyses can provide clinicians with more objective measures for evaluating the effects of rehabilitation. We present a novel method to assess the quality of upper limb movement: the Kinematic Upper-limb Movement Assessment (KUMA). This assessment uses motion capture to provide three kinematic measures of upper limb movement: active range of motion, speed, and compensatory trunk movement. The researchers sought to evaluate the ability of the KUMA to distinguish motion in the affected versus u

SUBMITTER: Eftekhar P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10262831 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature