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Multicenter Study
. 2023 Jan 1;35(1):36-41.
doi: 10.1097/PEP.0000000000000968. Epub 2022 Oct 25.

Scoring People With Spinal Muscular Atrophy on the Motor Function Measure Using the Microsoft Kinect

Dominique Vincent-Genod  1 , Pascal Rippert, Justine Coton, Laure Le Goff, Aurélie Barriere, Anne Berruyer, Marjorie Bernard, Camille Garde, Marta Gutierrez-Garcia, Stéphanie Gilabert, Adriana Gomes-Lisboade-Souza, Aurore Daron, Laurent Servais, Guillaume Thomann, Carole Vuillerot
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Multicenter Study

Scoring People With Spinal Muscular Atrophy on the Motor Function Measure Using the Microsoft Kinect

Dominique Vincent-Genod et al. Pediatr Phys Ther. .

Abstract

Purpose: Assess the ability of the Kinect to capture movement and posture of people with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) during completion of 14 items of the Motor Function Measure, a validated functional rating scale for people with neuromuscular diseases.

Methods: Multicenter feasibility study in which Motor Function Measure items were scored as usual by the participant's therapist during the completion (Score-T) while another therapist scored items based only on the visualization of digital data collected using the Kinect (Score-D). Agreement and disagreement were investigated.

Results: Twenty people with SMA type 2 or 3 were participants; 142 items were recorded and analyzed. There was 31.7% agreement between Score-T and Score-D for participants with SMA type 2, and 76.2% for those with SMA type 3.

Conclusions: The results prevent us from considering the use of Kinect capture to deduce an automated scoring, but this device may be of interest to highlight potential compensations.

Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02628743.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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