Methods for treating neuromuscular diseases

The method of any preceding claim, wherein the plurality of sets of predetermined criteria comprise one or more of:

• a. a first set of predetermined criteria identifying an elbow flexion gesture comprises a criterion that the angle between a forearm vector and an upper arm vector on the same side:
• changes from a first value in a first predetermined range to a second value in a second predetermined range, or is below a threshold value that is in the second predetermined range, optionally wherein the first predetermined range is between 80 degrees and 120 degrees and the second predetermined range is between 10 degrees and 50 degrees;
• b. a second set of predetermined criteria identifying a horizontal abduction gesture comprises a first predetermined criterion that the angle between a torso forward vector and an arm vector is within a first predetermined range or below a first predetermined threshold value that is in said first predetermined range, at a first time point, and a second predetermined criterion that the angle between the torso forward vector and the arm vector is within a second predetermined range or above a second predetermined threshold value that is in the second predetermined range, at a second time point that is subsequent to the first time point, optionally wherein the first predetermined range is between 0 and 70 degrees and the second predetermined range is between 30 degrees and 80 degrees, and/or wherein a second set of predetermined criteria identifying a horizontal abduction gesture further comprises a third predetermined criterion that an angle between a torso up vector and a forearm arm vector on the same side as that to which the first predetermined criterion applies is within a predetermined range at the first and/or second time points;
• c. a third set of predetermined criteria identifying a head rotation gesture comprises a first predetermined criterion that the angle between a head forward vector and a torso forward vector at a first time point is within a first predetermined range or above a first predetermined threshold that is in said first predetermined range, and a second predetermined criterion that the angle between the head forward vector and the torso forward vector is within a second predetermined range or below a second predetermined threshold that is in said second predetermined range, at a second time point that is subsequent to the first time point, optionally wherein the first predetermined range is 42±5 degrees and the second predetermined range is 0±10 degrees;
• d. a fourth set of predetermined criteria identifying a thoracic extension gesture comprises a first predetermined criterion that the angle between the left and right chest vectors at a first time point is within a first predetermined range or above a predetermined threshold value that is in the first predetermined range, and a second predetermined criterion that the angle between the left and right chest vectors is within a second predetermined range at a second time point that is subsequent to the first time point, optionally wherein the first predetermined range is 190±12 degrees and the second predetermined range is 160±15 degrees;
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• e. a fifth set of predetermined criteria identifying an open-close hand gesture comprises:
• a first predetermined criterion that an angle between a finger vector and a palm vector on the same side at a first time point is within a first predetermined range or below a first predetermined threshold value that is in the first predetermined range, and a second predetermined criterion that the angle between the finger vector and a palm vector is within a second predetermined range or above a second predetermined threshold value that is in the second predetermined range, at a second time point that is subsequent to the first time point, optionally wherein the first predetermined range is between 30 degrees and 100 degrees and the second predetermined range is between 100 degrees and 180 degrees, and/or wherein a fifth set of predetermined criteria identifying an open-close hand gesture further comprises a third predetermined criterion that applies to an angle between a forearm vector and an upper arm vector on the same side as that which satisfies the first and second predetermined criteria, optionally wherein the third predetermined criterion is defined as the angle changing between a first predetermined value and a second predetermined value for identifying an elbow flexion, or wherein the third predetermined criterion is defined as the angle being at or below the second predetermined value for identifying an elbow flexion, and/or wherein a fifth set of predetermined criteria identifying an open-close hand gesture further comprises a fourth predetermined criterion that applies to the distance between a hand tip joint and a wrist joint on the same side as that which satisfies the first and second predetermined criteria, optionally wherein the fourth predetermined criterion is defined as said distance being less than a predetermined ratio of a reference value for said distance.