Home Grip Assistance Glove on the Use of the Upper Limb and Compliance Factors in Brain-injured Adults

taking measurements and putting the gripping glove on the patient

"The evaluation of the effectiveness of the gripping glove on the performance of the upper limb in daily life will be evaluated using the ULPA score.~The investigator asks the patient to perform a task and the ULPA collects the total number of errors made by the patient (inability/omission, imprecision, repetition, time to complete the task)"

"The MAL is a self-assessment of the integration of the upper limb into daily life. This measurement allows a quantified evaluation of the perceived performance of the use of the upper limb in the actions of daily life.~The patient will answer 30 questions about daily life and for each item, rate the quantity from 0 to 5: 0 = never uses the hemiplegic arm and 5 = uses as much as before the accident"

This questionnaire assesses the motor selectivity of the upper limb. Several questions are asked about the movements that the patient can perform and to each question, the patient can answer either 0 (minimum) and 2 (maximum).

"This questionnaire evaluates 4 different actions: Grasping an object (6 different objects to grasp), holding an object (4 different objects), pinching an object (6 different objects) and the overall movements made by the patient (3 different overall movements).~For each item, each object or each movement evaluated, the patient must rate the task on a scale of 0 to 3 (0=cannot perform any part of the test and 3=performs the test normally)"

This questionnaire assesses the patient's state of health. 5 items are proposed (mobility, autonomy, current activity, pain, anxiety) and for each the patient must check one of the 5 propositions (no problem, mild problems, moderate problems, severe problems, incapable). The patient must also rate their state of health on a scale of 0 to 100.

This questionnaire assesses satisfaction with the technical aid (here the gripping glove) and the related services. The technique and related services will be evaluated by items provided to the patient and he will have to rate for each of them a score between 1 and 5 (1 = not satisfied at all and 5 = very satisfied)

This questionnaire measures the effect of technical aids on the psychosocial level. 26 sentences or words are offered to the patient concerning his psychological state and the patient must evaluate them between -3 and 3 (-3 = decreased and +3: increased)

Carrying out an activity in the patient's real context is assessed using the Goal Attainment Scale (GAS). The doctor gives the patient objectives to achieve and the patient must give the quotation for each objective between initial state (-2), expected result (0) and best possible result (2)

The accelerometer quantitatively reports the spontaneous use of the upper limb in daily life. It counts the number of voluntary movements of the upper limbs. The amount of movement of the paretic upper limb will be expressed as a percentage of the movements of the non-paretic limb.