MoviPlate

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Reference 1
Type of Reference
Miscellaneous
Reference Details
Servais L, Canal, A, De Coninck N, Mesdelices A, Desguerres I, Quijnao-Roy S, Mahmoudi S, Estournet B, Mayer M, Themar Noel C, Voit T, Hogrel JY. Upper limb evaluation in non ambulatory patients with neuromuscular disorders. 15th World Muscle Society Congress. Kumamoto, 2010.
Web Address (URL)
http://www.nmd-journal.com/article/S0960-8966(10)00503-1/fulltext
Reference File ID
Not Applicable
Other Information
Unknown
Device
Device Name
MoviPlate
Product Number
Not Applicable
Description
The device is made of a platform on which the subject places his forearm. An adjustable support with one lower target and one upper target (2-cm-higher than the lower target) is adaptable to the length of the forearm. Their detection threshold can be adjusted to the subjects’ strength. Only back-and-forth taps are counted and displayed by the device.
Purpose/Use
The MoviPlate is a device that was designed to measure the ability to produce repeated movements between two cylindrical target keys aligned in the sagittal plane. The subject is asked to press alternately the two targets as many times as possible during 30 seconds.
Organisation Name
Institut de Myologie
Address
75651 Paris Cedex 13
Web Address (URL)
www.institut-myologie.org
Email
jy.hogrel@institut-myologie.org
Phone
+33142165880
Instruction Manual Availability
An instruction manual is available