Measurement of Shoulder and Trunk Movements in Hemiplegic Participants Using a System for Collecting Motion Data

摘要

Upper limb and trunk functionalities are important for performing activities of daily living, such as eating, drinking, clothing and personal care. However, hemiplegic patients impair upper extremity functionalities, the activities are performed by using compensatory movement strategies. Recently, Takahashi and Murata et al. developed a system for collecting motion data with a cloud service. The purpose of this study was to investigated whether clinical application of this system for collecting motion data is available as assessment for hemiplegic patients. Two hemiplegic participants and one healthy participant performed drinking task, and the angles of shoulder abduction and trunk flexion were calculated. Angles of shoulder abduction and trunk flexion during drinking between non-paretic and healthy sides were similar, however, the larger angles of shoulder abduction and trunk flexion during drinking by paretic side showed compared with them by non-paretic and healthy sides. We believe that this system will be available as a quantitative assessment of activities of daily living in patients with disabilities.