Exploring the Link Between Motor Functions and the Relative Use of the More Affected Arm in Adults with Cerebral Palsy

Overview

Journal Sensors (Basel)

Publisher MDPI

Specialty Biotechnology

Date 2025 Feb 13

PMID 39943298

Authors

Isabelle Poitras

Jade Clouatre

Alexandre Campeau-Lecours

Catherine Mercier

Affiliations

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Abstract

Methods: Participants took part in two sessions comprising robotic assessments and clinical assessments of motor functions, as well as accelerometry measurement during kitchen tasks. Four variables were derived from accelerometry data. Stepwise regression analyses were used to identify the best contributors to the accelerometry variables among robotic and clinical assessments.

Results: Nineteen adults with CP (34.3 years old ± 11.5; MACS I = 7, II = 6, III = 6) were included. The measured during the kitchen tasks ranged between 0.10 and 0.63. The best predictors of all accelerometry metrics were two bilateral assessments (r = 0.23-0.64).

Conclusions: The importance of assessing bilateral tasks was reaffirmed by the key role played by two bilateral tasks in determining the relative use of the MA arm. The results support the use of intensity-based accelerometry metrics to measure MA arm use.

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