Title :
Analysis of upper limb movement in Multiple Sclerosis subjects during common daily actions
Author :
L. Pellegrino;G. Stranieri;E. Tiragallo;A. Tacchino;G. Brichetto;M. Coscia;M. Casadio
Author_Institution :
University of Genoa, Italy
Abstract :
The goal of this study was to investigate the movement and muscle activity of the upper limb during common activities of daily life in people with Multiple Sclerosis (PwMS) with low and mild-moderate level of upper limb impairments. We found significant changes in muscles activity in PwMS compared to healthy subjects when holding and lifting objects used in everyday life. These differences were particularly remarkable in subjects with moderate level of impairment, in which the disease affected also movement smoothness. Remarkably, the smoothness of the movement during the interaction with common objects of daily activities highly correlated with the subjects´ ability measured with the Abilhand scale.
Keywords :
"Pulse width modulation","Multiple sclerosis","Muscles","Electromyography","Standards","Band-pass filters"
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2015 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Electronic_ISBN :
1558-4615
DOI :
10.1109/EMBC.2015.7319995