Actigraph assessment for measuring upper limb activity in unilateral cerebral palsy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Detecting differences in upper limb use in children with unilateral cerebral palsy (UCP) is challenging and highly dependent on examiner experience. The recent introduction of technologies in the clinical environment, and in particular the use of wearable sensors, can provide quantitative measurement to overcome this issue. This study aims to evaluate ActiGraph GT3X+ as a tool for measuring asymmetry in the use of the two upper limbs (ULs) during the assessment with a standardized clinical tool, the Assisting Hand Assessment (AHA) in UCP patients aged 3-25 years compared to age-matched typically developing (TD) subjects.

Methods

Fifty children with UCP and 50 TD subjects were assessed with AHA while wearing ActiGraphs GT3X+ on both wrists. The mean activity of eac

SUBMITTER: Beani E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6387534 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature