Activity | Measure | Diagnosis/impairment group | Study design |
---|---|---|---|
Non-specific hand and arm use | |||
 n/a | Duration/laterality | Parkinson’s disease [40], Rotator cuff syndrome [30], stroke [46, 47, 58, 89, 103, 104] | Case/control [103], classification accuracy [40, 46, 47, 58, 103, 104], clinical validity [40, 89, 103], observational [30] |
 n/a | Entropy | Arthritis [105] | Case/control [105] |
 n/a | Range of motion |  |  |
Shoulder | |||
Elbow | Stroke [34] | Observational [34] | |
Wrist and finger | Stroke [107] | Observational [107] | |
Specific hand and arm movements | |||
 Reaching | # and duration of reaching activities | Classification accuracy [72, 108,109,110,111], observational [34] | |
Reaching distance | Stroke [58] | Observational [58] | |
Reaching direction | |||
 Lifting sth. to the mouth | Duration | ||
 Pouring sth. (pro-/supination) | Duration | ||
Specific hand and arm activities | |||
 Writing and reading | Duration | Parkinson’s disease [42] | Classification accuracy [42] |
 Opening a door | Duration | ||
 Hair combing | Duration | ||
 Eating | Duration | Parkinson’s disease [42], stroke [112], miscellaneous [113] | |
 Drinking | Duration | Stroke [112] | Classification accuracy [112] |
 Tooth brushing, shirt buttoning, pant lifting, food cutting | Duration | Stroke [57] | Classification accuracy [57] |