Nature

Motor capacities of upper limbs in tetraplegics: a new scale for the assessment of the results of functional surgery on upper limbs

Objectives: To study the validity and the reliability of a Motor Capacities Scale (MCS) specifically designed for tetraplegics who undergo a functional surgery of upper limbs. Setting: ...
JSTOR Daily

Validity and reliability of an electromyography-based upper limb assessment quantifying selective voluntary motor control in children with upper motor neuron lesions

Current clinical assessments evaluating selective voluntary motor control are measured on an ordinal scale. We combined the Selective Control of the Upper Extremity Scale (SCUES) with surface ...
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Q-suite motor assessment tool promising for evaluating Huntington's disease

Amsterdam, NL, October 22, 2019 - In clinical trials of adults with Huntington's disease (HD) the Q-Suite Motor Assessment Tool (Q-Motor) has proven to be helpful to detect and quantitate subtle motor ...
Science Daily

Innovative infant wearable uses artificial intelligence for at-home assessments of early motor development

The smart MAIJU jumpsuit offers a novel approach to at-home monitoring of infants' early motor development. The wearable device combines expertise in medicine, measuring technology and AI, enabling ...
Medscape

Botulinum Toxin Type A for Upper Limb Spasticity after Stroke

Spasticity is involuntary overactivity of muscles that occurs following upper motor neuron damage to the brain or spinal cord. Upper limb spasticity is common after stroke and can cause deformity, ...