Kinematic analysis of motor learning in upper limb body-powered bypass prosthesis training.

ABSTRACT: Motor learning and compensatory movement are important aspects of prosthesis training yet relatively little quantitative evidence supports our current understanding of how motor control and compensation develop in the novel body-powered prosthesis user. The goal of this study is to assess these aspects of prosthesis training through functional, kinematic, and kinetic analyses using a within-subject paradigm compared across two training time points. The joints evaluated include the left and right shoulders, torso, and right elbow. Six abled-bodied subjects (age 27 ± 3) using a body-powered bypass prosthesis completed the Jebsen-Taylor Hand Function Test and the targeted Box and Blocks Test after five training sessions and again after ten sessions. Significant differences in movement paramet

SUBMITTER: Bloomer C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6980621 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature