3D Motion Capture In Upper Extremity Finger Rehabilitation After Stroke
School Name
South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics
Grade Level
12th Grade
Presentation Topic
Physiology and Health
Presentation Type
Mentored
Abstract
Almost 800,000 people suffer from a stroke each year in the United States, and many do not regain the motor function they had prior to the stroke. The goal of this study is to develop a new rehabilitation paradigm to improve current occupational therapy tactics to aid recovery of hand motor function in stroke victims. The study follows six weeks of occupational therapy utilizing the new rehabilitation paradigm along with three landmark measurement sessions to assess the efficacy of this paradigm. This research utilized data from the motion capture sessions that take place during the landmark sessions in order to speculate whether the n=5 participants are in the experimental group that receives the new rehabilitation paradigm or the control group, which does not. Should the study be successful, the participants in the experimental group should see improvement in their ability to grasp objects in the ideal grip form. This ideal trend was exemplified by one of the five participants, with the ability to grasp in the ideal manner improving from landmark session one to two and maintaining ability from two to three, meaning that one can speculate that this participant is in the experimental group. In conclusion, this new paradigm could help to better inform occupational therapy for stroke-affect upper limb rehabilitation.
Recommended Citation
Turner, Brian, "3D Motion Capture In Upper Extremity Finger Rehabilitation After Stroke" (2024). South Carolina Junior Academy of Science. 451.
https://scholarexchange.furman.edu/scjas/2024/all/451
Location
RITA 261
Start Date
3-23-2024 9:15 AM
Presentation Format
Oral Only
Group Project
No
3D Motion Capture In Upper Extremity Finger Rehabilitation After Stroke
RITA 261
Almost 800,000 people suffer from a stroke each year in the United States, and many do not regain the motor function they had prior to the stroke. The goal of this study is to develop a new rehabilitation paradigm to improve current occupational therapy tactics to aid recovery of hand motor function in stroke victims. The study follows six weeks of occupational therapy utilizing the new rehabilitation paradigm along with three landmark measurement sessions to assess the efficacy of this paradigm. This research utilized data from the motion capture sessions that take place during the landmark sessions in order to speculate whether the n=5 participants are in the experimental group that receives the new rehabilitation paradigm or the control group, which does not. Should the study be successful, the participants in the experimental group should see improvement in their ability to grasp objects in the ideal grip form. This ideal trend was exemplified by one of the five participants, with the ability to grasp in the ideal manner improving from landmark session one to two and maintaining ability from two to three, meaning that one can speculate that this participant is in the experimental group. In conclusion, this new paradigm could help to better inform occupational therapy for stroke-affect upper limb rehabilitation.
