This study is a collaborative project between the FoHS (RHT Research Group) and ISVR. In it we are investigating the relationship between impairment and functional ability associated with stroke affecting the upper limb. A wrist rig has been designed and built in which forces, ranges of movement, motor control and muscle activation patterns can be examined and related to functional abilities. Using state of the art signal processing techniques, novel indices are being derived and tested to provide valid and reliable measures that will be provide unprecedented information for clinicians about specific impairments, their relationship to function and how they change over time.
Our long-term aim is to design and validate a system that could be used clinically to assist in clinical decision-making and evaluation.
Project team
Ruth Turk, Dr David Simpson, Professor Jane Burridge
Professor Valerie Pomeroy, Professor of Neurorehabilitation, Associate Dean Postgraduate Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich
http://www.uea.ac.uk/foh/research/Institutes/hss/stroke/starlab
Project funder
Dunhill Trust
Associated research themes
Stroke, Loss of function and impairments of the arm and hand, motor control and spasticity
Related research groups
Active Living and RehabilitationConferences and events associated with this project:
Turk R, Burridge JH, Simpson D. Exploring wrist motor Control in stroke patients using a target tracking task Proceeding of IPEM Bioengineering Conference Nottingham Sept 2010
Turk R, Simpson DM, Burridge JH (2010) Wrist motor control and coactivation during step-tracking in post-stroke hemiplegia and unimpaired adults, 18th International Conference of the Society of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 16-19 June, Aalborg, Denmark
Turk R, Simpson DM, Burridge JH (2010) Quantifying motor impairments at the wrist post-stroke: does finger position matter? Society for Research in Rehabilitation Winter Meeting 2 February, Salford, UK