Three-dimensional Kinematic Motion Analysis of Finger and Wrist During Daily Activities

Three-dimensional Kinematic Motion Analysis of Finger and Wrist During Daily

Development of reliable and objective evaluation methods is required for natural upper-extremity tasks. Three-dimensional imaging measurement techniques are a powerful tool for quantitative assessment of multijoint movements.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Volunteers of 20 healthy, right dominant hands
• 10 patients with tendon pathologies
• 10 patients with Dupuytren disease
• 10 patients with osteoarthritis of the wrist
• Patients older than 18 years
• Patient willing and able to give written informed consent to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• Inflammatory disease (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis)
• Pregnant women
• German language barrier to complete the questionnaires
• Any disease process that would preclude accurate evaluation (e.g. neuromuscular, psychiatric or metabolic disorder)
• Legal incompetence
• Participation in any other medical device or medicinal product study within the previous months that could influence the results of the present study