A method of evaluation of upper limb reaching and keying function in children with motor disability

Author

Sudarsan, Sundaravalli ; Seliktar, Rami ; Benvenuto, Pat ; Rao, Raghavendra S.

Author_Institution

Biomed. Eng. & Sci. Inst., Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

29-31 Mar 1996

Firstpage

39

Lastpage

42

Abstract

The following paper describes a method used to quantitatively study the reaching behavior in a group of pre-school children with and without motor disabilities. The focus is on two aspects of reaching, namely the aiming movements of the hand towards targets, and the vertical forces applied on them. Results show characteristic differences between the two groups of children arising from an incomplete development of motor ability in children with disabilities. It is concluded that reaching behavior can be objectively studied using motion analysis and force sensing equipment, and that motor performance of children with disabilities can be quantitatively studied

Keywords

biomechanics; biomedical measurement; neurophysiology; aiming movements; cerebral palsy; children; force sensing equipment; hand; keying function; motion analysis; motor ability; motor disability; pre-school children; targets; upper limb reaching; vertical forces; Birth disorders; Cameras; Cities and towns; Force measurement; Mechanical engineering; Motion analysis; Motion measurement; Planar motors; Protocols; Test facilities;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Biomedical Engineering Conference, 1996., Proceedings of the 1996 Fifteenth Southern

Conference_Location

Dayton, OH

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3131-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SBEC.1996.493108

Filename

493108