Reliability of upper limb and trunk joint angles in healthy adults during activities of daily living.

ABSTRACT: Assessments of upper limb performance should require participants to perform tasks that challenge the limits of their ability. In order to select appropriate tasks, it is important to know which joints are used to perform the movement and how reliably those movements can be measured. The purpose of this work was to quantify the reliability of upper limb and trunk joint angles in healthy adults during common activities of daily living (ADLs). Nineteen participants performed six ADLs with the right arm (applying deodorant, turning a doorknob, answering a desk telephone, placing a pushpin in a bulletin board, wiping a plate with a towel, and pouring water from a pitcher) during two separate sessions. Within- and between-session reliability was quantified using intraclass correlation coefficie

SUBMITTER: Engdahl SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5809188 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature