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 nerves-that 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 spatio-temporal resolution, wireless accelerometry technique to evaluate this central hypothesis over multiple days of real-real-world activity.

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2023
Accession Number
AD1205228

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  • Clintin P. Davis-stober
  • Scott H. Frey

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