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Wearable technology to monitor hand movement during constraint‐induced movement therapy for children with cerebral palsy
Author(s) -
Brianna M. Goodwin
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
developmental medicine and child neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.658
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1469-8749
pISSN - 0012-1622
DOI - 10.1111/dmcn.107_14017
Subject(s) - constraint induced movement therapy , cerebral palsy , movement (music) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , wearable computer , movement disorders , medicine , occupational therapy , physical therapy , computer science , upper limb , embedded system , physics , acoustics , disease
detected. One item (proceeds) showed MnSq >1.4 in combination with Zstd >2.0. Unidimensionality was futher supported by principal component analysis of the standardised residuals revealing that the variance explained by the measures was 87.2%. One point seven percent of the unexplained variance was explained by the first contrast with an eigenvalue of 2.6, further supporting the unidimensionality of the scale. All item point correlation measures were >0.6, ranging from 0.82 to 0.93. The internal person measures reliability was excellent, 0.98, rendering a separation value of 6.89 indicating that the scale can separate 9,1 strata i.e. different ability levels and thereby showed a high probability of being responsive to change. Conclusions/Significance: The results from this study demonstrate the first evidence of construct validity of the 20 items AHA scale for measuring the upper limb bimanual performance also for children/adolescents with ABI. This means that the scoring criteria in the AHA version 5.0 provides a valid measure of bimanual performance following unilateral ABI at varying ages, gender, etiology and level of ability and in different stages of recovery. Whether the item hierarch is comparable remains to be evaluated before used to guide treatments.