KINARM for kids

运动控制能力的下降是由于运动认知知觉控制的问题，这是一个人感知和执行任务的能力。这些可能是由残疾造成的，但在其他伤害中也有明显的差异，比如脑震荡。KINARM外骨骼被用来帮助评估在完成任务时的神经损伤。参与者坐在KINARM中，手臂支撑在上臂、前臂和手上，同时完成不同的虚拟任务。这种支持允许运动功能独立于用户的力量进行测试。测试包括重复模式、视觉引导触球、击打虚拟球和镜像手臂位置。这个机器人已经被证明可以有效地评估成人的运动控制。从标准化的数据集，可以确定组之间的差异（神经受损与非受损）。然而，为儿童使用这一系统的能力有限。儿童经历了快速的智力和身体发育，目前尚不清楚用于评估成年人的数据分析方法是否适用于更年轻的受试者。快速的发展可能导致受试者的表现差异极大，并且数据可能不是正态分布的。这项研究的目的是确定典型发育儿童的测试方案，然后允许收集一个标准化的数据库，以便将运动控制与脑瘫等残疾的个体进行比较。

Declines in motor control result from issues with motor cognitive perception control which is a person's abilityto perceive and execute a task. These can result from disability, but differences are also evident in other injuriessuch as concussion. The KINARM Exoskeleton is used to help assess neurological impairments duringreaching tasks. Participants sit in the KINARM with their arms supported at the upper arm, forearm, and handwhile they complete different virtual tasks. This support allows motor function to be tested independent of theuser's strength. Tests include repeating patterns, visually guided reaching, hitting virtual balls, and mirroringarm positions. This robot has been shown to effectively evaluate adult motor control. From normalized datasets, the differences among groups (neurologically impaired vs non-impaired) can be determined.However, the ability to use this system for children has been limited. Children undergo rapid mental andphysical development, and it is currently unclear if the data analysis methods used to assess adults would workfor younger subjects. The rapid development could cause extremely large variance in subject performance, andthe data may not be normally distributed. The purpose of this research is to determine protocols for testing oftypically developed children to then allow for a normalized database to be collected with the view to comparemotor control with individuals with disability such as cerebral palsy.