Repeatability of upper limb kinematics for children with and without cerebral palsy

Reid, Sharon J.; Elliott, Catherine; Alderson, Jacqueline; Lloyd, David G.; Elliott, Bruce

doi:10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.02.015

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“…We have demonstrated that our protocol reproducibly examines motion of both the small and large joints of the upper extremity in combination. Prior studies, including our own, have demonstrated the ability to accurately perform motion analysis on the larger joints of the upper extremity with good intertrial reliability [3,19,23], whereas others have validated performing motion analysis on the hand alone [9,18,22]. In this study, we were able to appropriately address our primary aim by demonstrating that motion analysis of the entire hand and upper extremity may be performed concurrently and that we can reproducibly perform motion analysis during functional activities.…”

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confidence: 84%

Functional Task Kinematics of the Thumb Carpometacarpal Joint

Luker¹,

Aguinaldo

Kenney³

et al. 2014

Clinical Orthopaedics &Amp; Related Research

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Background Abnormal biomechanical loading has been identified as an associated risk factor of osteoarthritis in the wrist and hand. Empirical data to date are insufficient to describe the role of altered biomechanics in thumb carpometacarpal (CMC) arthritis. Questions/purposes This is a pilot study to evaluate motion analysis of the upper extremity while performing functional tasks. We wished to describe the in vivo kinematics of the thumb and hand in relation to the larger joints of the upper extremity in subjects without arthritis in functional positions at rest and while loading the CMC joint. If reproducible, we then planned to compare kinematics between these subjects and a subject with advanced thumb CMC arthritis.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 84%

Functional Task Kinematics of the Thumb Carpometacarpal Joint

Luker¹,

Aguinaldo

Kenney³

et al. 2014

Clinical Orthopaedics &Amp; Related Research

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“…This is for both lower limb kinematics and kinetics (Besier et al, 2003b) and upper body kinematics (Reid et al, 2010). For example, we reported test-retest coefficients of multiple determination greater than 0.7 for varus/valgus moments and internal/external rotation moments (Besier et al, 2003b).…”

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confidence: 83%

“…Participants were fitted with retro-reflective markers as per the UWA Full Body Model (Dempsey et al, 2007), a combination of the UWA Upper (Reid et al, 2010) and Lower Body Models (Besier et al, 2003b). This consisted of 50 markers placed on either bony landmarks or as part of three-marker clusters.…”

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confidence: 99%

Whole body kinematics and knee moments that occur during an overhead catch and landing task in sport

Dempsey¹,

Elliott²,

Munro³

et al. 2012

Clinical Biomechanics

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“…In upper limb task performance, the most consistently observed differences between unilateral CP and typically developing (TD) teenagers include longer movement durations, reduced trajectory straightness and lower peak velocities exhibited by the former (Mackey et al 2006;Steenbergen and Meulenbroek 2006;Smits-Engelsman et al 2007;Domellöf et al 2009;Jaspers et al 2009Jaspers et al , 2011. Compared to their TD peers, teenagers with unilateral CP have also consistently been shown to demonstrate diminished magnitude of elbow extension and increased magnitude of trunk flexion and/or rotation (Mackey et al 2006;Steenbergen and Meulenbroek 2006;Butler et al 2010;Reid et al 2010;Jaspers et al 2009Jaspers et al , 2011.…”

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“…Earlier research designed to identify differences in upper limb function between individuals with CP and their TD age-matched peers involved a variety of upper limb tasks: reaching forward, upward and sideways; reaching to grasp different objects; directing the hand to the mouth, to the head or to the contralateral shoulder; and performing fast aiming movements toward targets positioned at different locations, among others (Van Thiel et al 2000;Mackey et al 2006;Steenbergen and Meulenbroek 2006;Rönnqvist and Rösblad 2007;Smits-Engelsman et al 2007;Domellöf et al 2009;Jaspers et al 2009Jaspers et al , 2011Butler et al 2010;Reid et al 2010). The experimental protocols of most of these studies did not include systematic manipulations of the conditions under which the task was performed, such as precision and speed requirements, quality of the tool or upper limb used for performance (for exceptions, see Van Thiel et al 2000;Steenbergen and Meulenbroek 2006;and Smits-Engelsman et al 2007).…”

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Upper limb performance and the structuring of joint movement in teenagers with cerebral palsy: the reciprocal role of task demands and action capabilities

et al. 2015

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Individuals with unilateral cerebral palsy (CP) demonstrate reduced performance in upper limb tasks compared to typically developing (TD) peers. We examined whether task conditions modify differences between teenagers with and without CP during a reciprocal aiming task. Twenty teenagers (nine CP and 11 TD) moved a pointer between two targets as fast as possible without missing a target. Task conditions were manipulated by changing the targets' size, by modifying the inertial properties of the pointer and by varying the upper limb used to perform the task (preferred/non-affected and non-preferred/affected upper limbs). While compared to TD peers, CP teenagers exhibited lower performance (longer movement times). Such differences were attenuated when the task was performed with the preferred upper limb and when accuracy requirements were less stringent. CP teenagers were not differentially affected by the pointer inertia manipulation. Task conditions not only affected performance but also joint kinematics. CP teenagers revealed less movement at the elbow and more movement at the shoulder when performing the task with their less skilled upper limb. However, both CP and TD teenagers demonstrated a larger contribution of trunk movement when facing more challenging task conditions. The overall pattern of results indicated that the joint kinematics employed by individuals with unilateral CP constituted adaptive responses to task requirements. Thus, the explanation of the effects of unilateral CP on upper limb behavior needs to go beyond a context-indifferent manifestation of the brain injury to include the interaction between task demands and action capabilities.

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Repeatability of upper limb kinematics for children with and without cerebral palsy

Cited by 60 publications

References 29 publications

Functional Task Kinematics of the Thumb Carpometacarpal Joint

Functional Task Kinematics of the Thumb Carpometacarpal Joint

Whole body kinematics and knee moments that occur during an overhead catch and landing task in sport

Upper limb performance and the structuring of joint movement in teenagers with cerebral palsy: the reciprocal role of task demands and action capabilities

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