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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
Volume 70, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
AMER OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOC, INC
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.2016.015487
Keywords
activities of daily living; biomechanical phenomena; range of motion, articular; upper extremity
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- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Rehabilitation Research and Development Service [A9226-R]
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [K12HD073945]
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OBJECTIVE. We quantified the range of motion (ROM) required for eight upper-extremity activities of daily living (ADLs) in healthy participants. METHOD. Fifteen right-handed participants completed several bimanual and unilateral basic ADLs while joint kinematics were monitored using a motion capture system. Peak motions of the pelvis, trunk, shoulder, elbow, and wrist were quantified for each task. RESULTS. To complete all activities tested, participants needed a minimum ROM of -65 degrees/0 degrees/105 degrees for humeral plane angle (horizontal abduction adduction), 0 degrees-108 degrees for humeral elevation, -55 degrees/0 degrees/79 degrees for humeral rotation, 0 degrees-121 degrees for elbow flexion, -53 degrees/0 degrees/13 degrees for forearm rotation, -40 degrees/0 degrees/38 degrees for wrist flexion extension, and -28 degrees/0 degrees/38 degrees for wrist ulnar radial deviation. Peak trunk ROM was 23 degrees lean, 32 degrees axial rotation, and 59 degrees flexion-extension. CONCLUSION. Full upper-limb kinematics were calculated for several ADLs. This methodology can be used in future studies as a basis for developing normative databases of upper-extremity motions and evaluating pathology in populations.
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