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. 2021 Jul 28;9(3):e26028. doi: 10.2196/26028

Table 2.

Characteristics of participants in the feasibility study (n=5).

ID number Age (years) Sex Diagnosis SVMCa total (points) SVMC target joint (points) System Target joint or muscle groupb Involuntary movement
1 7.8 Female Bilateral spastic CPc, GMFCSd III 5e 0e sEMGf Ankle dorsiflexion Ipsilateral knee extension
2 13.0 Male Bilateral spastic CP, GMFCS II 8e 0e ArmeoSenso Knee flexion and extension Trunk flexion and extension
3 12.7 Female Bilateral spastic CP, GMFCS III 7e 1e sEMG Knee extension Contralateral knee extension
4 12.5 Female Traumatic brain injury 16e 1e sEMG Ankle dorsiflexion Contralateral ankle dorsiflexion
5 16.1 Male Unilateral spastic CP, MACSg III 20h 2h ArmeoSenso Shoulder abduction and adduction Ipsilateral elbow flexion and extension

aSVMC: selective voluntary motor control; SVMC total: total Selective Control Assessment of the Lower Extremity (SCALE) score (maximum of 2 points per joint; total of 20 points) or Selective Control of the Upper Extremity Scale (SCUES; maximum of 3 points per joint; total of 30 points); SVMC target score: SCALE or SCUES item scores for the target joint that was practiced with the game.

bRefers to the target joint when the ArmeoSenso system was used and to the target muscle group when the electromyography-based system was used.

cCP: cerebral palsy.

dGMFCS: gross motor function classification system (it standardizes the classification of gross motor function, emphasizing the trunk control and walking ability of children with cerebral palsy [32]. Level 1 means that children perform all the activities of neurologically intact children of the same age, allowing for slight limitations in speed and quality of movements. Level 5 means that children exhibit difficulties in head and trunk control in most positions or in achieving any voluntary control of movement at all).

eSelective voluntary motor control assessed with the Selective Control Assessment of the Lower Extremity.

fsEMG: surface electromyography.

gMACS: manual ability classification system (it classifies how children with cerebral palsy handle objects in daily activities [33]. Level 1 means that the child can handle objects easily and successfully, whereas children at level 5 do not handle objects at all).

hSelective voluntary motor control assessed with the Selective Control of the Upper Extremity Scale.