Exercise repetition rate measured with simple sensors at home can be used to estimate Upper Extremity Fugl-Meyer score after stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

It would be valuable if home-based rehabilitation training technologies could automatically assess arm impairment after stroke. Here, we tested whether a simple measure-the repetition rate (or "rep rate") when performing specific exercises as measured with simple sensors-can be used to estimate Upper Extremity Fugl-Meyer (UEFM) score.

Methods

41 individuals with arm impairment after stroke performed 12 sensor-guided exercises under therapist supervision using a commercial sensor system comprised of two pucks that use force and motion sensing to measure the start and end of each exercise repetition. 14 of these participants then used the system at home for three weeks.

Results

Using linear regression, UEFM score was well estimated using the rep rate of one

SUBMITTER: Swanson VA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10315847 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature