title: Evaluation system for minor nervous dysfunction by pronation and supination of forearm using wireless acceleration and angular velocity sensors.
abstract: We developed a simple, portable and easy system to the motion of pronation and supination of the forearm. This motion was measured by wireless acceleration and angular velocity sensor. The aim of this system is evaluation of minor nervous dysfunction. It is for the screening of the developmental disorder child. In this study, in order to confirm the effectiveness of this system, the reference curve of the neuromotor development was experimentally obtained. We studied 212 participants (108 males, 104 females) aged 7 to 12 years attending the kindergarten school. We could obtain the reference curve of the neuromotor development using this system. We also investigated the difference of neuromotor function between normally developed children and a ADHD child. There is a possibility that abnormality of the minor nervous dysfunction can be detected by using this system.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences and the Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motoka Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan. iramina@inf.kyushu-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Keiji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iramina
authors.forename: Yuuichiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kamei
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Katayama
mesh_terms: D000054:Acceleration; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000503:physiopathology; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena / Q000502:physiology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005542:Forearm / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009420:Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011403:Pronation / Q000502:physiology*; D012016:Reference Values; D013484:Supination / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D059015:Wireless Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*