Imperial College London
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ProfessorEtienneBurdet

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Bioengineering

Professor of Human Robotics
 
 
 
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@article{Mutalib:2019:10.1186/s12984-018-0454-z,
author = {Mutalib, SA and Mace, M and Burdet, E},
doi = {10.1186/s12984-018-0454-z},
journal = {Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation},
title = {Bimanual coordination during a physically coupled task in unilateral spastic cerebral palsy children},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12984-018-0454-z},
volume = {16},
year = {2019}
}
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AB  - BackgroundSingle object bimanual manipulation, or physically-coupled bimanual tasks, are ubiquitous in daily lives. However, the predominant focus of previous studies has been on uncoupled bimanual actions, where the two hands act independently to manipulate two disconnected objects. In this paper, we explore interlimb coordination among children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy (USCP), by investigating upper limb motor control during a single object bimanual lifting task.Methods15 children with USCP and 17 typically developing (TD) children performed a simple single-object bimanual lifting task. The object was an instrumented cube that can record the contact force on each of its faces alongside estimating its trajectory during a prescribed two-handed lifting motion. The subject’s performance was measured in terms of the duration of individual phases, linearity and monotonicity of the grasp-to-load force synergy, interlimb force asymmetry, and movement smoothness.ResultsSimilar to their TD counterparts, USCP subjects were able to produce a linear grasp-to-load force synergy. However, they demonstrated difficulties in producing monotonic forces and generating smooth movements. No impairment of anticipatory control was observed within the USCP subjects. However, our analysis showed that the USCP subjects shifted the weight of the cube onto their more-abled side, potentially to minimise the load on the impaired side, which suggests a developed strategy of compensating for inter-limb asymmetries, such as muscle strength.ConclusionBimanual interaction with a single mutual object has the potential to facilitate anticipation and sequencing of force control in USCP children unlike previous studies which showed deficits during uncoupled bimanual actions. We suggest that this difference could be partly due to the provision of adequate cutaneous and kinaesthetic information gathered from the dynamic exchange of forces between the two hands, mediated through the phy
AU  - Mutalib,SA
AU  - Mace,M
AU  - Burdet,E
DO  - 10.1186/s12984-018-0454-z
PY  - 2019///
SN  - 1743-0003
TI  - Bimanual coordination during a physically coupled task in unilateral spastic cerebral palsy children
T2  - Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12984-018-0454-z
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000454902500002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/67696
VL  - 16
ER  -
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