Title :
System for quantitative assessment of spinal muscular atrophy
Author :
Glass, Dale S. ; Ross, J. David ; Probe, John D. ; Cook, Jay D.
Author_Institution :
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children, Dallas, TX, USA
Abstract :
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an anterior horn cell disease characterized by muscle wasting, weakness and fatigue. A test frame has been designed to assess muscle strength and endurance in SMA quantitatively with the following features: (1) Patients of all ages and strength can be tested at specific positions for several upper and lower extremity joints using isometric contraction in the plane of gravity, (2) Data collection is automatic with little user/computer input.<>
Keywords :
biomechanics; biomedical equipment; muscle; patient diagnosis; anterior horn cell disease; automatic data collection; isometric contraction; lower extremity joints; medical equipment; muscle fatigue; muscle strength; muscle wasting; muscle weakness; plane of gravity; quantitative assessment system; spinal muscular atrophy; test frame; upper extremity joints;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1988. Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
New Orleans, LA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0785-2
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1988.94773
