Joohee Shim, Seungwoo Han, Jihyun Baek
Factors influencing menstrual regularity among female workers: a cross-sectional analysis study
BMC women's health
determine whether wristworn triaxial accelerometerbased device software including smartphone application incorporating feedback feasible acceptable lead increased affected upper limb use everyday activities children unilateral cerebral palsy ucp study design mixed methods proof concept study participants children aged 818 years ucp agematched typically developing controls buddies therapists interventionbaseline 2 weeks devices recorded arm activity active feedback 6 weeks devices also gave vibratory prompts affected arm activity fell preset personalised thresholds ucp group control group continued per baseline final 2 weeks baseline groups accessed smartphone application providing feedback relative arm motion throughout study assessment analysis abilhandkids questionnaires macs classifications captured baseline participant characteristics ucp group accelerometer data used calculate relative arm activity signal vector magnitude corrected time wornday trends relative arm activity examined using single case experimental design groups indepth interviews families buddies therapists assessed feasibility acceptability implementation framework approach used qualitative data analysis recruited 19 participants ucp 19 buddies 7 therapists five participants two ucp complete study baseline mean stdev abilhandkids score children ucp completed study 657 162 modal macs score iiqualitative analysis demonstrated acceptability feasibility approach active therapist input group minimal therapists appreciated potential summary patient data inform management arm activity children ucp increased hour following prompt mean effect size z 0261 nondominant hand dominant hand z 0247 however significant increase affected arm activity baseline intervention periods demonstrated children ucp prepared wear wristband devices prolonged periods whilst arm activity increased bilaterally hour following prompt increases sustained delivery study covid19 pandemic may negatively influenced findings technological challenges occurred could overcome future testing incorporate structured therapy input