Assessment of Active and Passive Restraint During Guided Reaching After Chronic Brain Injury Export

@article{citeulike:5739051, abstract = {We report the use of a mechatronic device for assessing arm movement impairment after chronic brain injury. The device, called the ” Assisted Rehabilitation and Measurement Guide,” is designed to guide reaching movements across the workspace, to measure movement and force generation, and to apply controlled forces to the arm along linear reaching paths. We performed a series of experiments using the device in order to identify the contribution of active muscle and passive tissue restraint to decreased active range of motion of guided reaching (i.e., ” workspace deficits”) in a group of five chronic, spastic hemiparetic, brain-injured subjects. Our findings were that passive tissue restraint was increased in the spastic arms, as compared to the contralateral, nonparetic arms. Active muscle restraint, on the other hand, was typically comparable in the two arms, as quantified by measurements of active arm stiffness at the workspace boundary during reaching. In all subjects, there was evidence of movement-generated weakness, consistent with a small contribution of spasticity to workspace deficits. These results demonstrate the feasibility of mechatronic assessment of the causes of decreased functional movement, and could provide a basis for enhanced treatment planning and monitoring following brain injury. {\copyright} 1999 Biomedical Engineering Society.}, author = {Reinkensmeyer, David J. and Schmit, Brian D. and Rymer, William Z.}, citeulike-article-id = {5739051}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1114/1.233}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/k511m1148375r7l7}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1114/1.233}, journal = {Annals of Biomedical Engineering}, keywords = {movement, rehabilitation\_robotics, stroke\_assessment}, month = {November}, number = {6}, pages = {805--814}, posted-at = {2009-09-08 09:17:02}, priority = {2}, title = {Assessment of Active and Passive Restraint During Guided Reaching After Chronic Brain Injury}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1114/1.233}, volume = {27}, year = {1999} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5739051 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5739051 N2 - We report the use of a mechatronic device for assessing arm movement impairment after chronic brain injury. The device, called the “Assisted Rehabilitation and Measurement Guide,” is designed to guide reaching movements across the workspace, to measure movement and force generation, and to apply controlled forces to the arm along linear reaching paths. We performed a series of experiments using the device in order to identify the contribution of active muscle and passive tissue restraint to decreased active range of motion of guided reaching (i.e., “workspace deficits”) in a group of five chronic, spastic hemiparetic, brain-injured subjects. Our findings were that passive tissue restraint was increased in the spastic arms, as compared to the contralateral, nonparetic arms. Active muscle restraint, on the other hand, was typically comparable in the two arms, as quantified by measurements of active arm stiffness at the workspace boundary during reaching. In all subjects, there was evidence of movement-generated weakness, consistent with a small contribution of spasticity to workspace deficits. These results demonstrate the feasibility of mechatronic assessment of the causes of decreased functional movement, and could provide a basis for enhanced treatment planning and monitoring following brain injury. © 1999 Biomedical Engineering Society. IS - 6 JF - Annals of Biomedical Engineering EP - 814 TI - Assessment of Active and Passive Restraint During Guided Reaching After Chronic Brain Injury VL - 27 SP - 805 KW - movement KW - rehabilitation_robotics KW - stroke_assessment AU - Reinkensmeyer, David AU - Schmit, Brian AU - Rymer, William PY - 1999/11/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1114/1.233 ER -