title: Evaluation of skilled leg movements in patients with stroke using a computerized motor-skill analyzer for the lower limb.
abstract: The utility of a new computerized motor-skill analyzer for the lower limb was studied in healthy subjects and patients with stroke. The computerized motor-skill analyzer for the lower limb evaluated accuracy in a figure-tracking task with the foot. The intraclass correlation coefficients of measurements in subjects were .61 to .89 (p < .01). The trajectory errors of the unaffected lower limb in stroke patients were negatively correlated with physical ability. Trajectory errors of the patients were significantly larger than those of the healthy subjects. These results suggest that the computerized motor-skill analyzer is useful for quantitatively evaluating motor-skills of the lower limb.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine, Kagoshima University, Japan. louisak@m.kufm.kagoshima-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kazumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawahira
authors.forename: Megumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shimodozono
authors.forename: Shuji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Atsuko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ogata
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Etoh
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Showzou
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsujio
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009048:Motor Skills; D009068:Movement; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D020521:Stroke / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation