title: Description of movement patterns of young adults moving supine from the foot to the head of the bed.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to describe the movement patterns (MPs) in young adults moving supine from the foot to the head of a bed.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty-six young adults, aged 19 through 44 years, participated in this study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Subjects were videotaped performing 10 trial of moving in bed. The MPs of 3 body regions were described and categorized.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Six MP categories were developed for the axial region, 8 MP categories were developed for the upper extremities, and 6 MP categories were developed for the lower extremities. Kappa values ranged from .81 to .90 for the 3 body regions, Fifty-nine different combinations of MPs were observed. The most common combination of MPs occurred in 21.2% of the trials, 3 times more frequently than any other combination.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A variety of MPs are used by young adults for moving from the foot to the head of the bed. A symmetrical pattern of sitting up and pushing with both hands and both feet was found to be the most common pattern. [Cohen BG, Cardillo ER, Lugg D, et al. Description of movement patterns of young adults moving supine from the foot to the head of the bed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Therapy, Bacharach Institute for Rehabilitation, Pomona, NJ 08240, USA. boncohenl@aol.com
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Cardillo
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lugg
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mount
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: VanSant
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cornman-Levy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001513:Beds; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009068:Movement; D015143:Philadelphia; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D016683:Supine Position / Q000502:physiology*; D014743:Videotape Recording