  There is a growing research interest towards the use of wireless IMU sensors
to assess disability, monitor progress and provide feedback to patients on
range of motion and movement performance during upper body rehabilitation. The
quality of movement in patients with adhesive capsulitis and relative treatment
efficacy has not yet been studied using inertial and magnetic sensors. The aim
of this study was to investigate the possibility to quantitatively evaluate
capsulate-related deficit versus healthy controls and to assess treatment
efficacy by measurement of shoulder kinematic parameters with ISEO protocol
using inertial and magnetic measurement system technology. We enrolled 6
patients with adhesive capsulitis (AC) who underwent the experimental
assessment by using a set of wireless IMU sensors at the baseline (T0) and
after the 15 one-hour individual sessions of physiotherapy (T1). The range of
motion in elevation, abduction and the scapulohumeral rhythm kinematic
parameters were extracted from measurements performed in enrolled AC patients
and in 7 healthy controls. The results of this preliminary study showed that
proposed approach based on measurement of shoulder kinematic parameters with
ISEO protocol using IMU wireless sensors can be useful in mobility deficit
assessment of patients with adhesive capsulitis, as well as for monitoring of
treatment efficacy and its further personalization.
