Towards performance indices for neuromuscular synergy in patients with intellectual disability

The diagnostic and statistical manual (DSM V) of mental disorders [1] emphasizes the need of using standard clinical methodologies to classify the impairment of patients with intellectual disability (ID) on their functional ability rather than on their intellectual quotient (IQ). Indeed, the ID often influences the motor component, resulting in poor muscular synergy and smoothness of movements. Despite the literature proposes the use of inertial sensors to evaluate kinematic parameters and smoothness of movements [2], there is no information available on adults with ID. This study aims at evaluating kinematics performance indices for smoothness movement in ID subjects by comparing their motor performances with respect to typically developed subjects (CO) of equal age.