NDLI: Age Effects on Upper Limb Kinematics Assessed by the REAplan Robot in Healthy Subjects Aged 3 to 93 Years

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Author	Gilliaux, Maxime Lejeune, Thierry M. Sapin, Julien Dehez, Bru Stoquart, Gaëtan Detrembleur, Christine
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	Kinematics is recommended for the quantitative assessment of upper limb movements. The aims of this study were to determine the age effects on upper limb kinematics and establish normative values in healthy subjects. Three hundred and seventy healthy subjects, aged 3–93 years, participated in the study. They performed two unidirectional and two geometrical tasks ten consecutive times with the REAplan, a distal effector robotic device that allows upper limb displacements in the horizontal plane. Twenty-six kinematic indices were computed for the four tasks. For the four tasks, nineteen of the computed kinematic indices showed an age effect. Seventeen indices (the accuracy, speed and smoothness indices and the reproducibility of the accuracy, speed and smoothness) improved in young subjects aged 3–30 years, showed stabilization in adults aged 30–60 years and declined in elderly subjects aged 60–93 years. Additionally, for both geometrical tasks, the speed index exhibited a decrease throughout life. Finally, a principal component analysis provided the relations between the kinematic indices, tasks and subjects’ age. This study is the first to assess age effects on upper limb kinematics and establish normative values in subjects aged 3–93 years.
Starting Page	1224
Ending Page	1233
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00906964
Journal	Annals of Biomedical Engineering
Volume Number	44
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	15739686
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2015-07-25
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Robotics Kinematics Outcome assessment Healthy volunteers Biomechanics Normative values Biomedicine general Biomedical Engineering Biophysics and Biological Physics Mechanics Biochemistry
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Biomedical Engineering

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