Therapist recognition of impaired muscle groups in simulated multi-joint hypertonia

A. Melendez-Calderon; D. Piovesan; F. A. Mussa-Ivaldi

doi:10.1109/ICORR.2013.6650425

Therapist recognition of impaired muscle groups in simulated multi-joint hypertonia

A. Melendez-Calderon, D. Piovesan^*, F. A. Mussa-Ivaldi

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Neuroscience

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Abstract

It is common in today's clinical practice for a therapist to physically manipulate patients' limbs to assess hypertonic conditions (e.g. spasticity, rigidity, dystonia, among others). We present a study that evaluates the capabilities of expert therapists to correctly identify the location of a hypertonic impairment of an arm through standard manipulation. Therapists interacted with a hypertonic virtual arms rendered on a robotic device. Our results show that testing joints independently can cause misjudgment of the mechanical contributions of pluri-articular muscles to multi-joint impairment.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2013 IEEE 13th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, ICORR 2013
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICORR.2013.6650425
State	Published - 2013
Event	2013 IEEE 13th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, ICORR 2013 - Seattle, WA, United States Duration: Jun 24 2013 → Jun 26 2013

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Name	IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics
ISSN (Print)	1945-7898
ISSN (Electronic)	1945-7901

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Other	2013 IEEE 13th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, ICORR 2013
Country/Territory	United States
City	Seattle, WA
Period	6/24/13 → 6/26/13

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Keywords

assessment
haptic discrimination
hypertonia
rigidity
spasticity

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Rehabilitation
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Control and Systems Engineering

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Melendez-Calderon, A, Piovesan, D & Mussa-Ivaldi, FA 2013, Therapist recognition of impaired muscle groups in simulated multi-joint hypertonia. in 2013 IEEE 13th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, ICORR 2013., 6650425, IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, 2013 IEEE 13th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, ICORR 2013, Seattle, WA, United States, 6/24/13. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICORR.2013.6650425

Therapist recognition of impaired muscle groups in simulated multi-joint hypertonia. / Melendez-Calderon, A.; Piovesan, D.; Mussa-Ivaldi, F. A.
2013 IEEE 13th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, ICORR 2013. 2013. 6650425 (IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics).

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