Journal
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NEURAL SYSTEMS AND REHABILITATION ENGINEERING
Volume 30, Issue -, Pages 823-832Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2022.3161948
Keywords
Elbow; Torque; Reliability; DC motors; Torque measurement; Planning; Muscles; Proprioception; proprioceptive position sense; external torque
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Funding
- Translational Research Center for Rehabilitation Robots, Korea National Rehabilitation Center, Ministry of Health & Welfare, South Korea [NRCTR-EX17008]
- Korea Medical Device Development Fund - Korea Government (Ministry of Science and ICT) [1711138334, KMDF_PR_20200901_0165]
- Korea Medical Device Development Fund - Korea Government (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy) [1711138334, KMDF_PR_20200901_0165]
- Korea Medical Device Development Fund - Korea Government (Ministry of Health Welfare) [1711138334, KMDF_PR_20200901_0165]
- Korea Medical Device Development Fund - Korea Government (Ministry of Food and Drug Safety) [1711138334, KMDF_PR_20200901_0165]
- Ministry of Health & Welfare (MHOW), Republic of Korea [NRCTR-EX17008] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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Evaluation of position sense post-stroke is crucial for rehabilitation, and the development of a simple and reliable measurement device can greatly aid in this process.
Evaluation of position sense post-stroke is essential for rehabilitation. Position sense may be an output of a process needing position information, external torque, and the sense of effort. Even for healthy individuals, it is unclear whether external torque affects position sense. Thus, evaluation of position sense under different external torques in clinical settings is strongly needed. However, simple devices for measuring position sense under different external torques in clinical settings are lacking. Technologically advanced devices that may evaluate the elbow position sense under different torques were reported to be infeasible clinically because of device complexity and the need for technical experts when analyzing data. To address the unmet need, in this study, a simple and light elbow position sense measurement device was developed that allows clinicians to measure elbow position sense under different external torques in the form of position matching error objectively without any technical difficulties. The feasibility of the device, including intra-session intra-rater reliability and test-retest reliability over two consecutive days, was verified to be clinically applicable using tests with 25 healthy subjects. Thanks to its ease of use, high reliability, and ease of data analysis, it is expected that the device can help to evaluate the position sense post-stroke comprehensively.
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