Quantification of the development of trunk control in healthy infants using inertial measurement units

Janneke Blok; Katherine L. Poggensee; Daniel Lemus; Manon Kok; Robert F. Pangalila; Heike Vallery; Jolien Deferme; Leontien Cc Toussaint-Duyster; Herwin Horemans

doi:10.1109/ICORR55369.2022.9896546

Quantification of the development of trunk control in healthy infants using inertial measurement units

Janneke Blok, Katherine L. Poggensee^*, Daniel Lemus, Manon Kok, Robert F. Pangalila, Heike Vallery, Jolien Deferme, Leontien Cc Toussaint-Duyster, Herwin Horemans

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Abstract

Trunk motor control is essential for the proper functioning of the upper extremities and is an important predictor of gait capacity in children with delayed development. Early diagnosis and intervention could increase the trunk motor capabilities in later life, but current tools used to assess the level of trunk motor control are largely subjective and many lack the sensitivity to accurately monitor development and the effects of therapy. Inertial measurement units could yield an objective quantitative assessment that is inexpensive and easy-to-implement. We hypothesized that root mean square of jerk, a proxy for movement smoothness, could be used to distinguish age and thereby presumed motor development. We attached a sensor to the trunks of six young children with no known developmental deficits. Root mean square of jerk decreases with age, up to 24 months, and is correlated to a more established method, i.e., center-of-pressure velocity, as well as other standard inertial measurement unit outputs. This metric therefore shows potential as a method to differentiate trunk motor control levels.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2022 International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, ICORR 2022
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665488297
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICORR55369.2022.9896546
Publication status	Published - Jul 2022
Event	2022 International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, ICORR 2022 - Rotterdam, Netherlands Duration: 25 Jul 2022 → 29 Jul 2022

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Series	IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics
Volume	2022-July
ISSN	1945-7898

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Conference	2022 International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, ICORR 2022
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Rotterdam
Period	25/07/22 → 29/07/22

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This work was supported by the Health and Technology Convergence Alliance TU Delft, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, and Erasmus University Rotterdam. We would also like to thank Judith Cueto Fernandez for her help with experiment preparation.

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Blok, J., Poggensee, K. L., Lemus, D., Kok, M., Pangalila, R. F., Vallery, H., Deferme, J., Toussaint-Duyster, L. C., & Horemans, H. (2022). Quantification of the development of trunk control in healthy infants using inertial measurement units. In 2022 International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, ICORR 2022 IEEE Computer Society. IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics Vol. 2022-July https://doi.org/10.1109/ICORR55369.2022.9896546

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Blok J, Poggensee KL, Lemus D, Kok M, Pangalila RF , Vallery H et al. Quantification of the development of trunk control in healthy infants using inertial measurement units. In 2022 International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, ICORR 2022. IEEE Computer Society. 2022. (IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, Vol. 2022-July). doi: 10.1109/ICORR55369.2022.9896546

Quantification of the development of trunk control in healthy infants using inertial measurement units

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