Computerized procedure for analyzing hand kinematics with a peg-moving task (Sarah-Pegworks).
This article describes Sarah-Pegworks, a computerized procedure for analyzing hand kinematics based on the peg-moving task. The procedure, developed in Visual Basic 6 programming language, includes (1) processing raw data from an infrared motion-tracking system, (2) identifying movement components, and (3) analyzing and presenting hand kinematic information in numerical and graphic outputs. Fifty-five normal adults set the parameters relative to filtering and movement identification. A case was presented to illustrate the clinical value of this procedure.
Sarah Network of Rehabilitation Hospitals, Brasília, Brazil.
Denis Yudi
DY
Suguieda
Gilberto
G
Nunes
Sandro Barbosa
SB
de Oliveira
Georges
G
Dellatolas
Aloysio Camepos
AC
da Paz
Lúcia Willadino
LW
Braga
D000328:Adult; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena / Q000379:methods*; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D018476:Hypokinesia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D009068:Movement; D012986:Software Validation