Quantitative Ambulatory Assessment and Prognosis of the Impact of Severe Upper Limb Injuries on Real-World Behavior

Abstract

Military personnel are at particularly high risk for severe upper limb injuries (SULIs)often involving damage to the peripheral nervesthat adversely impact quality of life, limit occupational and recreational participation, and present major economic and readiness burdens on the military system. We predict that individuals with SULIs are at increased risk of developing chronic one-handedness through the mechanism of learned disuse of the injured limb. We deploy a novel, high spatiotemporal resolution, wireless accelerometry technique to evaluate this central hypothesis over multiple days of real-real-world activity.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2022
Accession Number
AD1174946

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  • Scott H. Frey

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  • Curators of the University of Missouri

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  • Biomedical

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  • Rehabilitation and Prosthetic Care for Military Service Members and Veterans with Limb Loss or Disability.