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This paper describes initial testing of a spasticity assessment system for passive elbow flexion/extension motions using a robotic manipulator. Quantitative force data was collected from healthy individuals. As repetition and speed were increased, significant differences in measured force were found in a study with a high speeds (n=48), but were not found in a study with a lower speeds (n=52). This result assists clinicians who now possess a baseline of healthy data to which quantitative patient data can be compared. Future developments include contrasting healthy baseline values to clinical trial data from individuals with stroke or acquired brain injury.

This paper describes the objectives, rationale, implementation and benefits of using Extensible Markup Language (XML) as a test script language in support of a variety of US Army weapon systems. XML provides the ability to implement a simple, flexible, controllable and portable test script language. The use of third party XML parsing and development tools results in decreased test script development times, increased productivity and increased potential for test script reusability and portability.