Objective Recording of Arm and Leg Activity in Normal and Clinical Samples

Abstract

In the study of mental diseases and their treatment physical activity seems to be an important variable. In order to get an objective recording of physical activity, we have applied two methods. In this study we wish to show how a normal group behaves under different circumstances concerning these two measures of activity, and we also report a pilot study in which the two methods were applied to a group of patients with mental diseases.