The Virtual Peg Insertion Test as an assessment of upper limb coordination in ARSACS patients: A pilot study

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 347, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 341-344

  Gagnon, Cynthia ^a,c,d   Lavoie, Caroline ^a,b,c,d   Lessard, Isabelle ^a,b,c,d   Mathieu, Jean ^a,b,c,d   Brais, Bernard ^e   Bouchard, Jean Pierre ^f   Fluet, Marie Christine ^g   Gassert, Roger ^g   Lambercy, Olivier ^g  

^a CIUSSS du Saguenay Lac St Jean   (Canada)

^b Ctr de Readaptation en Deficience Phys le Parcours du Ctr de S et de Serv Sociaux de Jonquiere   (Canada)

^c Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^g ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coordination; Instrument; Instrumented assessment tool; Outcome assessment (health care); Spastic Ataxia of Charlevoix Saguenay type; User computer interface

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE SPASTIC ATAXIA OF CHARLEVOIX SAGUENAY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; HAND ACCELERATION VECTOR; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGICAL EQUIPMENT; NINE HOLE PEG TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROBOTICS; TACTILE FEEDBACK; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL PEG INSERTION TEST; VIRTUAL REALITY; ARM; ATAXIA; BIOMECHANICS; COMPLICATION; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS;

ADULT; ATAXIA; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PILOT PROJECTS; REHABILITATION; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84920133188     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2014.09.032     Document Type: Article

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