Accelerometry-Based Metrics to Evaluate the Relative Use of the More Affected Arm During Daily Activities in Adults Living with Cerebral Palsy

Overview

Journal Sensors (Basel)

Publisher MDPI

Specialty Biotechnology

Date 2022 Feb 15

PMID 35161767

Authors

Isabelle Poitras

Jade Clouatre

Alexandre Campeau-Lecours

Catherine Mercier

Affiliations

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Abstract

Methods: A group of control subjects and hemiplegic adults living with CP performed six ADL tasks, during which they were wearing an Actigraph GT9X on each wrist and being filmed. Four bimanual and unimanual metrics were calculated from both accelerometry-based and video-based data; these metrics were then compared to one other with an intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). Some of these metrics were previously validated in other clinical population, while others were novel. The discriminative validity was assessed through comparisons between groups and between tasks.

Results: The concurrent validity was considered as good to excellent (ICC = 0.61-0.97) depending on the experience of the raters. The tasks made it possible to discriminate between groups.

Conclusion: The proposed accelerometry-based metrics are a promising tool to evaluate bimanual and unimanual functions in adults living with CP.

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