Investigating Bimanual Tasks to Characterize Activities of Daily Living

In the study of Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), limb coordination is essential. Specifically, upper extremity bimanual tasks significantly influence human capabilities. Conditions such as nerve injuries or strokes can result in unilateral paralysis. Rehabilitative assistive devices aim to mitigate these functional impairments. This paper demonstrates the importance of bimanual tasks and their significance in developing assistive devices. Six bimanual ADLs were defined, encompassing both standing and seated tasks, various categories of ADLs, and different workspace areas. While a laboratory setting inherently has limitations in replicating realistic scenarios, representative movement patterns of daily living were identified.