Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40807780›Full record

ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Replication of Sensor-Based Categorization of Upper-Limb Performance in Daily Life in People Post Stroke and Generalizability to Other Populations.

Chelsea E Macpherson, Marghuretta D Bland, Christine Gordon, Allison E Miller, Caitlin Newman, Carey L Holleran, Christopher J Dy, Lindsay Peterson, Keith R Lohse, Catherine E Lang

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Chelsea E MacphersonProgram in Physical Therapy, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9152-2917
Marghuretta D BlandProgram in Physical Therapy, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9091-2764
Christine GordonProgram in Physical Therapy, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Allison E MillerProgram in Physical Therapy, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3043-6852
Caitlin NewmanShirley Ryan AbilityLab, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-6408-8910
Carey L HolleranProgram in Physical Therapy, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7740-6250
Christopher J DyDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1422-2483
Lindsay PetersonDepartment of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5012-7347
Keith R LohseProgram in Physical Therapy, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7643-3887
Catherine E LangProgram in Physical Therapy, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7120-0136

Funding

Translation of In-Clinic Gains to Gains in Daily LifeR37HD068290 · NICHD · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Catherine Lang · 2022 to 2026
$2.7M
NICHD NIH HHS R37 HD068290NIH HHS R37HD068290
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWearable movement sensors can measure upper limb (UL) activity, but single variables may not capture the full picture. This study aimed to replicate prior work identifying five multivariate categories of UL activity performance in people with stroke and controls and expand those findings to other UL conditions.

methodsDemographic, self-report, and wearable sensor-based UL activity performance variables were collected from 324 participants (stroke

resultsTwo PCs explained 70-90% variance: PC1 (overall UL activity performance) and PC2 (preferred-limb use). A five-variable, five-cluster model was optimal across samples. In comparison to clusters, two PCs and individual accelerometry variables showed higher convergent validity with self-report outcomes of UL activity performance and disability.

conclusionsA five-variable, five-cluster model was replicable and generalizable. Convergent validity data suggest that UL activity performance in daily life may be better conceptualized on a continuum, rather than categorically. These findings highlight a unified, data-driven approach to tracking functional changes across UL conditions and severity of functional deficits.

Indexed as

Activities of Daily LivingStrokeUpper ExtremityAccelerometryAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMovementMultiple SclerosisPrincipal Component AnalysisSelf ReportWearable Electronic Devicesactivities of daily livingmeasurementmusculoskeletalneurologyrehabilitationupper limbwearable sensors

Identifiers

PMID40807780
PMCPMC12349242

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.