Description of movement patterns of young adults moving supine from the foot to the head of the bed.

Background And Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe the movement patterns (MPs) in young adults moving supine from the foot to the head of a bed.

Subjects: Thirty-six young adults, aged 19 through 44 years, participated in this study.

Methods: Subjects were videotaped performing 10 trial of moving in bed. The MPs of 3 body regions were described and categorized.

Results: Six MP categories were developed for the axial region, 8 MP categories were developed for the upper extremities, and 6 MP categories were developed for the lower extremities. Kappa values ranged from .81 to .90 for the 3 body regions, Fifty-nine different combinations of MPs were observed. The most common combination of MPs occurred in 21.2% of the trials, 3 times more frequently than any other combination.

Conclusion And Discussion: A variety of MPs are used by young adults for moving from the foot to the head of the bed. A symmetrical pattern of sitting up and pushing with both hands and both feet was found to be the most common pattern. [Cohen BG, Cardillo ER, Lugg D, et al. Description of movement patterns of young adults moving supine from the foot to the head of the bed.