Loading...
3 results
Search Results
Now showing 1 - 3 of 3
- Grasps in daily tasksPublication . Roldão, Elisabete; Pascoal, Augusto GilActivities are done using the hands. With the hand’s grasps are performed on objects, grabbing, manipulating, and using them. There are 33 grasps, according to the recent European Grasp Taxonomy. Grasps are the way objects are grabbed, in a secure mode, independent of the position of the wrist, forearm or arm. To better understand the use of the hands and the grasps in the daily activities and relate it with the difficulties identified by the patients, when they have a hand pathology, we need to know in which tasks are they performed. Using a Delphi Panel, composed by 20 Occupational Therapists also Hand Therapist, considerer experts in this area, we collect data, in two rounds. For each one of the 33 grasps was created a question, with some characteristics of the grasp, such as the number of used fingers and the diameter of the grasped object. Experts were asked to identify the tasks where the grasps are used. An image of the grasp was also presented to exemplify. After the language uniformization, the elimination of tasks that doesn’t complied with the grasp’s characteristics and unification of very similar tasks, there were identify tasks used in work, leisure, and self-care activities. For each one of the grasps there were identified at least 13 tasks. It will be easier for therapists to relate the difficulties in the use of the grasps with the performance of activities in daily living.
- A Diagonal Movement Pattern of Arm Elevation and Depression in Overhead Throwing Athletes: An Exploratory Kinematic Analysis for Clinical ApplicationPublication . Morais, Nuno; Ferreira, Joana; Gordo, Jéssica; Vilas-Boas, J. Paulo; Pascoal, Augusto GilAssessing scapular position and motion during functional arm movement patterns may add relevant information to the evaluation of the clinical status and athletic performance of overhead sports athletes’ shoulders. This study aimed to examine the three-dimensional scapular kinematics of elite volleyball players with (n = 11) and without scapular dyskinesis (n = 11) in comparison to non-athletes (n = 27). Four distinct arm elevation/depression tasks were assessed: shoulder abduction/adduction, flexion/extension, scaption, and a diagonal movement pattern mimicking throwing (proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation diagonal 2 for flexion/extension or PNF–D2– flx/ext). Kinematic data was recorded from the spiking/dominant shoulder using an electromagnetic system (FASTRAK, Polhemus Inc., Colchester, VT, USA); MotionMonitor v9 software, Innovative Sports Training, Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). The study compared scapular rotations at 15◦ intervals of humero-thoracic (HT) angles, ranging from minimum to 120◦. Significantly different 3D scapular kinematics were observed between traditional arm motion tasks and PNF–D2 arm motion task (HT angle × task interaction effect, p < 0.001, 0.275 ≤ η2p ≤ 0.772). However, when considering the combined influence of phase, HT angle, task, and group factors, no differences were found between groups (phase × HT angle × task × group, p ≥ 0.161, 0.032 ≤ η2p ≤ 0.058). The inclusion of a functional arm movement pattern when evaluating scapular position and movement in overhead athletes does not appear to be mandatory. However, these findings are preliminary and highlight the need for more research in this area.
- Investigating the Opportunities for Technologies to Enhance QoL with Stroke Survivors and their FamiliesPublication . dos Santos Silva, Inês; Guerreiro, João; Rosa, Marlene; Campos, Joana; Pascoal, Augusto Gil; Pinto, Sofia; Nicolau, Hugo