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US 12,178,599 B2Granted
Systems and methods for accurate measurement of proprioception
AssigneeIndiana University Research and Technology Corporation
InventorHannah J. Block
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Abstract
Stands for measuring proprioception comprising a hand layer comprising one or more vertically offset portions configured to ensure proper placement of a patient's hand in a predetermined position, a top cover coupled to the hand layer, wherein the top cover is designed to obscure the patient's view of the patient's hand, and a support element coupled to the hand layer and configured to support the hand layer at a predetermined angle are disclosed. Methods for measuring proprioception are also disclosed.
Claims9
A method of measuring a patient's proprioception comprising:
- placing a patient's hand at a predetermined position, without guided motion of the patient's hand toward the predetermined position, on an angled stand beneath a display screen with a portion of the patient's hand at a predetermined angle, wherein the stand comprises one or more raised portions configured to engage the patient's hand, facilitate proper placement of the patient's hand at the predetermined position, and separate an index finger of the patient's hand from a thumb of the patient's hand;
- instructing a patient to apply pressure with the portion of the patient's hand that is at the predetermined position and predetermined angle and to not move the hand further;
- displaying, by the display screen, before movement of the patient's hand from the predetermined position and while the patient's hand is at the predetermined position, a plurality of test positions;
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- receiving, from the patient, an indication of a positional relationship between an actual position of the portion of the patient's hand and each of the plurality of test positions on the display screen while the patient's hand is at the predetermined position.
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