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Treatment of Symptoms in Children with Q3 Conditions Scoping Review Results
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1186/s12984-015-0032-6" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://doi.org/10.1186/s12984-015-0032-6</a>
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Robotic and clinical evaluation of upper limb motor performance in patients with Friedreich's Ataxia: an observational study
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Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation
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2015
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children; Rehabilitation; Neurosciences & Neurology; Engineering; coordination; therapy; rating-scale; Accuracy; and Rating of Ataxia; cerebellar-ataxia; Friedreich's ataxia; Kinematics; movement; multiple-sclerosis; quantitative-evaluation; Reaching task; rehabilitation; Robot-mediated evaluation; Scale for the Assessment; smoothness; Smoothness; stroke recovery; Submovements; Upper limb; tone and motor problems; tool development; scale development; InMotion Arm Robot
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Germanotta M; Vasco G; Petrarca M; Rossi S; Carniel S; Bertini E; Cappa P; Castelli E
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Background: Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA) is the most common hereditary autosomal recessive form of ataxia. In this disease there is early manifestation of gait ataxia, and dysmetria of the arms and legs which causes impairment in daily activities that require fine manual dexterity. To date there is no cure for this disease. Some novel therapeutic approaches are ongoing in different steps of clinical trial. Development of sensitive outcome measures is crucial to prove therapeutic effectiveness. The aim of the study was to assess the reliability and sensitivity of quantitative and objective assessment of upper limb performance computed by means of the robotic device and to evaluate the correlation with clinical and functional markers of the disease severity. Methods: Here we assess upper limb performances by means of the InMotion Arm Robot, a robot designed for clinical neurological applications, in a cohort of 14 children and young adults affected by FRDA, matched for age and gender with 18 healthy subjects. We focused on the analysis of kinematics, accuracy, smoothness, and submovements of the upper limb while reaching movements were performed. The robotic evaluation of upper limb performance consisted of planar reaching movements performed with the robotic system. The motors of the robot were turned off, so that the device worked as a measurement tool. The status of the disease was scored using the Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia (SARA). Relationships between robotic indices and a range of clinical and disease characteristics were examined. Results: All our robotic indices were significantly different between the two cohorts except for two, and were highly and reliably discriminative between healthy and subjects with FRDA. In particular, subjects with FRDA exhibited slower movements as well as loss of accuracy and smoothness, which are typical of the disease. Duration of Movement, Normalized Jerk, and Number of Submovements were the best discriminative indices, as they were directly and easily measurable and correlated with the status of the disease, as measured by SARA. Conclusions: Our results suggest that outcome measures obtained by means of robotic devices can improve the sensitivity of clinical evaluations of patients' dexterity and can accurately and efficiently quantify changes over time in clinical trials, particularly when functional scales appear to be no longer sensitive.
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1186/s12984-015-0032-6" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1186/s12984-015-0032-6</a>
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2015
accuracy
and Rating of Ataxia
Bertini E
Cappa P
Carniel S
Castelli E
cerebellar-ataxia
Children
Coordination
Engineering
Friedreich's ataxia
Germanotta M
InMotion Arm Robot
Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation
Kinematics
Movement
multiple-sclerosis
Neurosciences & Neurology
Petrarca M
quantitative-evaluation
rating-scale
Reaching task
Rehabilitation
Robot-mediated evaluation
Rossi S
scale development
Scale for the Assessment
smoothness
stroke recovery
Submovements
Therapy
tone and motor problems
tool development
Upper limb
Vasco G
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Treatment of Symptoms in Children with Q3 Conditions Scoping Review Results
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.3109/09638288.2014.993436" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://doi.org/10.3109/09638288.2014.993436</a>
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Rett syndrome: establishing a novel outcome measure for walking activity in an era of clinical trials for rare disorders
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Disability and Rehabilitation
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2015
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Rehabilitation; validity; injury; Rett syndrome; walking; disease; sample; accelerometry; accuracy; activity monitors; Outcome measure; physical activity; physical-activity; step; test-retest reliability; tone and motor problems; tool development; scale development; StepWatch
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Downs J; Leonard H; Jacoby P; Brisco L; Baikie G; Hill K
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Background: Rett syndrome is a pervasive neurological disorder with impaired gait as one criterion. This study investigated the capacity of three accelerometer-type devices to measure walking activity in Rett syndrome. Methods: Twenty-six participants (mean 18 years, SD 8) wore an Actigraph, ActivPAL and StepWatch Activity Monitor (SAM) during a video-taped session of activities. Agreement was determined between step-counts derived from each accelerometer and observation. Repeatability of SAM-derived step counts was determined using pairs of one-minute epochs during which the same participant was observed to walk with the same cadence. Results: The mean difference (limit of agreement) for the Actigraph, ActivPAL and SAM were -41 (SD 33), -16 (SD 21) and -1 (SD 16) steps/min, respectively. Agreement was influenced by a device/cadence interaction (p < 0.001) with greater under-recording at higher cadences. For SAM data, repeatability of step-count pairs was excellent (intraclass correlation coefficient 0.91, 95% CI 0.79-0.96). The standard error of measurement was 6 steps/min and we would be 95% confident that a change >= 17 steps/min would be greater than within-subject measurement error. Conclusions: The capacity of the SAM to measure physical activity in Rett syndrome allows focus on participation-based activities in clinical practice and clinical trials.
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.3109/09638288.2014.993436" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.3109/09638288.2014.993436</a>
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2015
accelerometry
accuracy
activity monitors
Baikie G
Brisco L
Disability And Rehabilitation
Disease
Downs J
Hill K
injury
Jacoby P
Leonard H
outcome measure
physical activity
physical-activity
Rehabilitation
Rett syndrome
sample
scale development
step
StepWatch
test-retest reliability
tone and motor problems
tool development
Validity
Walking