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Bimanual Movement Characteristics and Real-World Performance Following Hand–Arm Bimanual Intensive Therapy in Children with Unilateral Cerebral Palsy

The purpose of this study was to quantify characteristics of bimanual movement intensity during 30 h of hand–arm bimanual intensive therapy (HABIT) and bimanual performance (activities and participation) in real-world settings using accelerometers in children with unilateral cerebral palsy (UCP). Tw...

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Autores principales: Gardas, Shailesh S., Lysaght, Christine, McMillan, Amy Gross, Kantak, Shailesh, Willson, John D., Patterson, Charity G., Surkar, Swati M.
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Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10451828/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37622821
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs13080681
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author Gardas, Shailesh S.
Lysaght, Christine
McMillan, Amy Gross
Kantak, Shailesh
Willson, John D.
Patterson, Charity G.
Surkar, Swati M.
author_facet Gardas, Shailesh S.
Lysaght, Christine
McMillan, Amy Gross
Kantak, Shailesh
Willson, John D.
Patterson, Charity G.
Surkar, Swati M.
author_sort Gardas, Shailesh S.
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description The purpose of this study was to quantify characteristics of bimanual movement intensity during 30 h of hand–arm bimanual intensive therapy (HABIT) and bimanual performance (activities and participation) in real-world settings using accelerometers in children with unilateral cerebral palsy (UCP). Twenty-five children with UCP participated in a 30 h HABIT program. Data were collected from bilateral wrist-worn accelerometers during 30 h of HABIT to quantify the movement intensity and three days pre- and post-HABIT to assess real-world performance gains. Movement intensity and performance gains were measured using six standard accelerometer-derived variables. Bimanual capacity (body function and activities) was assessed using standardized hand function tests. We found that accelerometer variables increased significantly during HABIT, indicating increased bimanual symmetry and intensity. Post-HABIT, children demonstrated significant improvements in all accelerometer metrics, reflecting real-world performance gains. Children also achieved significant and clinically relevant changes in hand capacity following HABIT. Therefore, our findings suggest that accelerometers can objectively quantify bimanual movement intensity during HABIT. Moreover, HABIT enhances hand function as well as activities and participation in real-world situations in children with UCP.
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spelling pubmed-104518282023-08-26 Bimanual Movement Characteristics and Real-World Performance Following Hand–Arm Bimanual Intensive Therapy in Children with Unilateral Cerebral Palsy Gardas, Shailesh S. Lysaght, Christine McMillan, Amy Gross Kantak, Shailesh Willson, John D. Patterson, Charity G. Surkar, Swati M. Behav Sci (Basel) Article The purpose of this study was to quantify characteristics of bimanual movement intensity during 30 h of hand–arm bimanual intensive therapy (HABIT) and bimanual performance (activities and participation) in real-world settings using accelerometers in children with unilateral cerebral palsy (UCP). Twenty-five children with UCP participated in a 30 h HABIT program. Data were collected from bilateral wrist-worn accelerometers during 30 h of HABIT to quantify the movement intensity and three days pre- and post-HABIT to assess real-world performance gains. Movement intensity and performance gains were measured using six standard accelerometer-derived variables. Bimanual capacity (body function and activities) was assessed using standardized hand function tests. We found that accelerometer variables increased significantly during HABIT, indicating increased bimanual symmetry and intensity. Post-HABIT, children demonstrated significant improvements in all accelerometer metrics, reflecting real-world performance gains. Children also achieved significant and clinically relevant changes in hand capacity following HABIT. Therefore, our findings suggest that accelerometers can objectively quantify bimanual movement intensity during HABIT. Moreover, HABIT enhances hand function as well as activities and participation in real-world situations in children with UCP. MDPI 2023-08-13 /pmc/articles/PMC10451828/ /pubmed/37622821 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs13080681 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Gardas, Shailesh S.
Lysaght, Christine
McMillan, Amy Gross
Kantak, Shailesh
Willson, John D.
Patterson, Charity G.
Surkar, Swati M.
Bimanual Movement Characteristics and Real-World Performance Following Hand–Arm Bimanual Intensive Therapy in Children with Unilateral Cerebral Palsy
title Bimanual Movement Characteristics and Real-World Performance Following Hand–Arm Bimanual Intensive Therapy in Children with Unilateral Cerebral Palsy
title_full Bimanual Movement Characteristics and Real-World Performance Following Hand–Arm Bimanual Intensive Therapy in Children with Unilateral Cerebral Palsy
title_fullStr Bimanual Movement Characteristics and Real-World Performance Following Hand–Arm Bimanual Intensive Therapy in Children with Unilateral Cerebral Palsy
title_full_unstemmed Bimanual Movement Characteristics and Real-World Performance Following Hand–Arm Bimanual Intensive Therapy in Children with Unilateral Cerebral Palsy
title_short Bimanual Movement Characteristics and Real-World Performance Following Hand–Arm Bimanual Intensive Therapy in Children with Unilateral Cerebral Palsy
title_sort bimanual movement characteristics and real-world performance following hand–arm bimanual intensive therapy in children with unilateral cerebral palsy
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10451828/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37622821
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs13080681
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