Recovery of arm movement after stroke

M. M. Mirbagheri*, C. Tsao, W. Z. Rymer

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

To characterize the time-course of change in motor impairment, we examined voluntary elbow movement in stroke survivors over a period of one year post-stroke. We quantified several kinematic features of voluntary rapid elbow extension, by measuring the movement trajectory and its derivatives. The subjects were examined five times, at 1-, 2-, 3-, 6- and 12-months post-stroke. The data analyses had two steps. First we used the "growth mixture" model to characterize the recovery patterns of these kinematic parameters. Based on the observed measurements over 1 year, we found two classes of recovery patterns for each kinematic parameter. Subjects in class 1 started with a low value for each parameter and these values increased over time, while subjects in class 2 tended to start with higher value and showed widely divergent recovery patterns. Second, we used the logistic regression analysis to predict these recovery patterns based on Fugl Mayer Scale (FMS) of upper extremity measured on the first visit (i.e. 1 month after stroke). Based on the clinical evaluation of motor function (i.e. FMS) within the first month after stroke, these findings enable us to predict the recovery of arm impaired voluntary movement in hemiparetic stroke subjects at different times during the first year, and potentially beyond.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication29th Annual International Conference of IEEE-EMBS, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'07
Pages5370-5372
Number of pages3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Event29th Annual International Conference of IEEE-EMBS, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'07 - Lyon, France
Duration: Aug 23 2007Aug 26 2007

Publication series

NameAnnual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings
ISSN (Print)0589-1019

Other

Other29th Annual International Conference of IEEE-EMBS, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'07
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityLyon
Period8/23/078/26/07

Keywords

  • Fugl-Meyer
  • Kinematics
  • Recovery
  • Stroke
  • Voluntary movement

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Signal Processing
  • Health Informatics
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Biomedical Engineering

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