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Table 3 Technical Data for collection phase in Typically Developing Children

From: Assessment of upper limb use in children with typical development and neurodevelopmental disorders by inertial sensors: a systematic review

Author

Sensors Number

Sensors Type & Make

Placement

Wear time

Sample frequency

[25] Birmingham A. T. et al. (1985)

2

Accelerometers (Bruel and Kjaer type 4367).

Terminal phalanx of each middle finger

3 min for each hand

5-s epoch

[24] Avi Sadeh et al. (1994) [Study 1]

2

Actigraphs (AMA-32, Ambulatory Monitoring, Inc., Ardsley, NY).

Each wrist

2 nights (about 7 h to night)

1-min epochs.

[27] Deutsch K. M. et al. (2006)

2

Uniaxial wireless accelerometers (Coulbourn T45–10, calibrated on each day of testing).

Dorsal surface of the tip of the distal segment of each index finger.

three 10-s consecutive trials, about 5 s breaks between trials.

200 Hz

[34] Graves L.E.S. et al. (2008)

6

1) Actiheart (Cambridge Neurotechnology Cambridge, UK), 2) 4 uniaxial ActiGraph accelerometers (GT1M, Fort Walton Beach, FL, USA)

1) on the skin at the base of the sternum, 2) on the midaxillary line of the right and left hip and on each forearm proximally from the wrist joint .

60 min

2) 30 Hz

[17] Davila E. M. (2011)

2

Actical triaxial AMs (Respironics Co., Inc., Bend, OR, USA).

Dorsal side of each wrist

Full seven days (24 h/day).

15-s epoch

[21] Phillips L. R. S. et al. (2012)

3 + 1

Triaxial wireless accelerometers GeneActive (Unilever Discover, Colworth, UK) + ActiGraph GT1M (Actigraph, Pensacola, FL, USA).

Each wrist and + right hip (ActiGraph GT1M worn adjacent to the hip mounted GENEA)

Activities: 5 min; Lying supine: 10 min.

GENEA: 80 Hz, ActiGraph GT1M: 1 s epochs.

[28] MacArthur B. et al. (2014)

3

Actical accelerometers (Actical, Philips Respironics Co. Inc., Bend, OR).

Each wrist + hip

20 min

15-s epoch

[19] Lemmens R. J. M. et al. (2015)

7

Sensor devices, composed by a triaxial accelerometer, triaxial gyroscope, triaxial magnetometer (SHIMMER Research, Dublin, Ireland).

Chest + Dominant and non-dominant arm-hand: on the dorsal side of the hand, of the wrist and on the upper arm

Not specified.

128 Hz

[31] Kaneko M. et al. (2015)

4

Wearable sensors composed of three-axis acceleration and three-axis angular velocity sensors (WAA-006, WAA-010, ATR-Promotions, Kyoto, Japan)

Both hands and elbows

Four motor tasks: 10 s for each task

100 Hz

[35] Dadashi F. et al. (2016) [Group 2]

3

Waterproof IMUs (Physilog III, BioAGM, CH, 3D accelerometer, 3D gyroscope).

2 IMUs placed on the dorsal side and distal end of the forearms, one on the sacrum.

Not specified.

500 Hz

[36] Mackintosh K.A. et al. (2016)

9

Triaxial accelerometer (Actigraph wGT3X+, Florida, USA)

On the lateral plane of each ankle, knee, hip, wrist, and centre of the chest.

30 min

100 Hz

  1. IMU Inertial Measurement Unit, Hz Herz