Evaluation of upper extremity movement characteristics during standardized pediatric functional assessment with a Kinect®-based markerless motion analysis system. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2014;2014:2525-8
Date
01/09/2015Pubmed ID
25570504Pubmed Central ID
PMC4479272DOI
10.1109/EMBC.2014.6944136Scopus ID
2-s2.0-84929501064 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 21 CitationsAbstract
A recently developed and evaluated upper extremity (UE) markerless motion analysis system based on the Microsoft® Kinect® has potential for improving functional assessment of patients with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. 12 typically-developing adolescents ages 12-17 were evaluated using both the Kinect-based system and the Shriners Hospitals for Children Upper Extremity Evaluation (SHUEE), a validated measure of UE motion. The study established population means of UE kinematic parameters for each activity. Statistical correlation analysis was used to identify key kinematic metrics used to develop automatic scoring algorithms. The Kinect motion analysis platform is technically sound and can be applied to standardized task-based UE evaluation while providing enhanced sensitivity in clinical analysis and automation through scoring algorithms.
Author List
Rammer JR, Krzak JJ, Riedel SA, Harris GFAuthor
Gerald Harris PhD Director in the Orthopaedic Research Engineering Center (OREC) department at Marquette UniversityMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AdolescentAlgorithms
Biomechanical Phenomena
Cerebral Palsy
Child
Diagnostic Techniques, Neurological
Female
Humans
Male
Movement
Range of Motion, Articular
Upper Extremity
