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 spatiotemporal resolution, wireless accelerometry technique to evaluate this central hypothesis over multiple days of real-real-world activity.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 2024
- Accession Number
- AD1230249
Entities
People
- Clinton P. Davis-stober
- Scott H. Frey
Organizations
- Curators of the University of Missouri