Clinical, Functional and Kinematic Correlations using the Virtual Reality System Toyra® as Upper Limb Rehabilitation Tool in People with Spinal Cord Injury

Iris Dimbwadyo-Terrer, Fernando Trincado-Alonso, Ana de los Reyes-Guzmán, Alberto Bernal-Sahún, Patricia López-Monteagudo, Begoña Polonio-López, Ángel Gil-Agudo

2013

Abstract

The aim of this study was to prove the validity and efficacy of the Virtual Reality (VR) System Toyra® as an assessment and rehabilitation tool for people with tetraplegia. We analysed the correlation between clinical and functional parameters with kinematic variables of upper limbs during a training protocol using Toyra®. Eighteen patients with cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) were selected to perform the study by comparing 2 treatments: patients in an intervention group (IG) conducted a program that included 12 sessions with Toyra® Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) module for 3 weeks, while a control group (CG) only had the traditional rehabilitation. Kinematic variables (shoulder, elbow and hand joint range of motion) were correlated to clinical [Motor Index (MI), Muscle Balance (MB)] and functional [Functional Independence Measure (FIM), Spinal Cord Independence Measure II (SCIM II), Barthel Index (BI)] evaluation scores. The results of the study showed a high correlation between these variables and also statistically significant differences (p=0.039) in a kinematic parameter (wrist extension), after treatment and in the follow-up evaluation. Toyra® system has been validated as upper limb assess and rehabilitation tool in people with SCI, to measure the patient´s functional evolution and improve the movement in upper limbs.

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Dimbwadyo-Terrer I., Trincado-Alonso F., de los Reyes-Guzmán A., Bernal-Sahún A., López-Monteagudo P., Polonio-López B. and Gil-Agudo Á. (2013). Clinical, Functional and Kinematic Correlations using the Virtual Reality System Toyra® as Upper Limb Rehabilitation Tool in People with Spinal Cord Injury . In Proceedings of the International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics - Volume 1: VirtRehab, (NEUROTECHNIX 2013) ISBN 978-989-8565-80-8, pages 81-88. DOI: 10.5220/0004642600810088


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@conference{virtrehab13,
author={Iris Dimbwadyo-Terrer and Fernando Trincado-Alonso and Ana de los Reyes-Guzmán and Alberto Bernal-Sahún and Patricia López-Monteagudo and Begoña Polonio-López and Ángel Gil-Agudo},
title={Clinical, Functional and Kinematic Correlations using the Virtual Reality System Toyra® as Upper Limb Rehabilitation Tool in People with Spinal Cord Injury},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics - Volume 1: VirtRehab, (NEUROTECHNIX 2013)},
year={2013},
pages={81-88},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004642600810088},
isbn={978-989-8565-80-8},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics - Volume 1: VirtRehab, (NEUROTECHNIX 2013)
TI - Clinical, Functional and Kinematic Correlations using the Virtual Reality System Toyra® as Upper Limb Rehabilitation Tool in People with Spinal Cord Injury
SN - 978-989-8565-80-8
AU - Dimbwadyo-Terrer I.
AU - Trincado-Alonso F.
AU - de los Reyes-Guzmán A.
AU - Bernal-Sahún A.
AU - López-Monteagudo P.
AU - Polonio-López B.
AU - Gil-Agudo Á.
PY - 2013
SP - 81
EP - 88
DO - 10.5220/0004642600810088