An Asian-centric human movement database capturing activities of daily living

Abstract

Assessment of human movement performance in activities of daily living (ADL) is a key component in clinical and rehabilitation settings. Motion capture technology is an effective method for objective assessment of human movement. Existing databases capture human movement and ADL performance primarily in the Western population, and there are no Asian databases to date. This is despite the fact that Asian anthropometrics influence movement kinematics and kinetics. This paper details the protocol in the first phase of the largest Asian normative human movement database. Data collection has commenced, and this paper reports 10 healthy participants. Twelve tasks were performed and data was collected using Qualisys motion capture system, force plates and instrumented table and chair. In phase two, human movement of individuals with stroke and knee osteoarthritis will be captured. This can have great potential for benchmarking with the normative human movement captured in phase one and predicting recovery and progression of movement for patients. With individualised progression, it will offer the development of personalised therapy protocols in rehabilitation.

Measurement(s)	voluntary movement behavior • grip strength measurement • Pinch Strength
Technology Type(s)	motion capture system • force plates • sensor • dynamometry
Factor Type(s)	gait • Timed Get Up and Go Test • balance • reaching • key turning • hand to mouth • hand to back • hand on head • cross obstacle • folding towel • step up and down
Sample Characteristic - Organism	Homo sapiens
Sample Characteristic - Location	Asia

Machine-accessible metadata file describing the reported data: 10.6084/m9.figshare.12808187