Arm movement video’s
I thought it would be useful for the record to have some video of Anita’s arm movement. You can click on the thumbnails to view the videos. It helps to demonstrate some of the difficulties involved. The first four videos demonstrate reaching for face cream and deodrant, the last video shows that Anita can reach up to her right shoulder now. It has taken a long time for her to go from not moving her arm at all to where she is now in the video. She is still along way from having any real functional gains. When I am supporting the arm I am only supposed to take the weight of it. Although it appears that I am doing the movement I am actually trying to keep that to a minimum! When trying to retrieve something as simple as the toiletries featured she has not only to contend with pushing her arm outward but she has to open the fingers and grab. When it’s as tough as this it becomes apparent just how many actions are in the one thing. She needs a perception of where the object is in space in relation to her hand. She needs to do several things at once which makes it hard for the brain to process. The right pressure has to be applied to objects to get the correct grip.