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. 2022 Jun 13;24(6):e34307. doi: 10.2196/34307

Table 4.

Compensation type, model, and measurements.

Compensation type, model, and measurements References
Disuse of the affected upper limb

Arm use


The ratio between the duration of movement in the least and less affected arm [82]


Mean squared sum of the acceleration over a 1-minute epoch of the arm [83,85]


Torques due to the measured tangential forces on the split-steering wheel [84]

Arm nonuse


The difference of the Euclidean distance between the trunk and hand to the target [86]


Movement time, peak velocity, total displacement, and movement smoothness [87]


Root mean square of the rotation angle of the steering wheel [88]


Total movement duration of each limb and the ratio between the movement duration in the paretic and nonparetic limb [89]

Interlimb coordination Amplitude, time, and frequency data from inertial sensors on upper body [81]
Awkward use of the affected UEa

Trunk compensation


Trunk movements in the sagittal plane: trunk lean forward, trunk displacement, trunk flexion, trunk anteriorization, and trunk lean backward



Trunk angular displacement [20,22,23,25-27,39,47,60,63,68,90]



Trunk linear displacement [24,30,40,41,51,52,58,66]



Trunk contribution slope [37,38,62]



Acceleration of trunk motion [28,64]



sEMGb signal [39,77]



Face orientation [27]



Measurements for AIc-based compensatory posture classification [43-45,48-50,53,54,61,74,77,91]



N/Ad [56,65,69]


Trunk movements in the transverse plane: trunk rotation and trunk twist



Trunk angular displacement [22,25,26,39,47,68,90]



Acceleration of trunk motion [27,28,64]



Trunk linear displacement [34,40]



sEMG signal [39]



Measurements for AI-based compensatory posture classification [45,48-50,53,54,61,74,77,91]



N/A [65,69]


Trunk movements in the coronal plane: trunk leans from side to side, trunk contralateral and ipsilateral flexion, trunk lateral bending, and trunk lateral shift



Trunk angular displacement [21,22,47,60,68,90]



Trunk linear displacement [34,41]



Measurements for AI-based compensatory posture classification [61]


Unspecified



Trunk movement time, trunk distance, trunk peak velocity, and maximal angle of trunk flexion [46]



Position and angle [42,59]

Shoulder compensation


Shoulder elevation



Elevation angle of scapula, acromion, or acromio-clavicular joint [26,39,57,66]



Acceleration of shoulder joint motion [27,28]



Shoulder vertical translated distance [37]



sEMG signal [39]



Measurements for AI-based compensatory posture classification [45,48-50,53,54,74,77,91]



N/A [69]


Shoulder abduction



Acceleration of shoulder joint motion [27,28,64]



Shoulder abduction angle [70]



fMRIe [71]


Shoulder girdle compensatory movements



Acceleration of shoulder joint motion [29,64]



sEMG signal [30]



Shoulder position [31]



The coefficient of the elbow joint extension to the shoulder joint flexion ratio [72]


Shoulder forward Shoulder forward liner displacement [26,32]


Shoulder overflexion Shoulder flexion angle [22,33,73]


Unspecified Shoulder position [59]

Elbow compensation: insufficient elbow extension


Elbow extension angle [66,74,90]


Acceleration of elbow joint motion [27,28]


N/A [65]

Finger compensation


Individual finger compensation Finger extension angle [34]


Multiple fingers adaptive compensation



The covariance of individual finger impulses across multiple pulses [75]



Pressure force of fingers [76]

Joint coordination


Scapula, shoulder, elbow and wrist joint angles, movement time, goal-equivalent variance, nongoal-equivalent variance [36]


Joint angles [35]

Muscle synergy sEMG signal [33]

Slouching Joint position [69]

aUE: upper extremity.

bsEMG: surface electromyogram.

cAI: artificial intelligence.

dN/A: not applicable.

efMRI: functional magnetic resonance imaging.