Automation of measurements for digital posturography in a standing position: software EPPA!
This paper introduces the development of the EPPA! Software, with its Spanish acronym, “Evaluación Posturográfica de Pie Automatizada,” created using Matlab R2019a from Mathworks®. EPPA! serves the following purposes: a) To facilitate the objective evaluation of posture in a standing position through the standardization of 55 (fifty-five) variables (linear (±1 cm) and angular (±2°)), linked to anatomical indicators in digital posturographs in the standing position. b) To provide access to intersegmental postural diagnoses based on regions, planes, and views, with respect to ideal reference lines and normality ranges. c) To enable additional measurements of the evaluator’s choice, beyond the standardized ones, tailored to the clinical case and the significance of specific anatomical regions or singularities of interest. To validate the software, a comparison with the open-source software Kinovea © 0.9.5 was conducted using a pilot sample (n=6) of older adult volunteers of both genders, who were referred for postural treatment due to diagnoses of orthopedic and/or traumatological musculoskeletal conditions. This study excluded individuals with neurological pathologies affecting motor control. The comparison was carried out by healthcare professionals with expertise in posturographic assessment. We found significant differences in the results of this comparison, with the Two One-Side Test (TOST) based on the normality of variable (linear and angular) in paired samples (p < 0.05).
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| Format: | Documento de conferencia biblioteca |
| Language: | eng |
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Springer
2024
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| Subjects: | POSTURA HUMANA, EVALUACION POSTURAL, POSTUROGRAFIA, DISEÑO DE SOFTWARE, FISIOTERAPIA, SOFTWARE, |
| Online Access: | https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/19120 |
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| Summary: | This paper introduces the development of the EPPA! Software, with
its Spanish acronym, “Evaluación Posturográfica de Pie Automatizada,” created
using Matlab R2019a from Mathworks®.
EPPA! serves the following purposes:
a) To facilitate the objective evaluation of posture in a standing position through
the standardization of 55 (fifty-five) variables (linear (±1 cm) and angular
(±2°)), linked to anatomical indicators in digital posturographs in the standing
position.
b) To provide access to intersegmental postural diagnoses based on regions,
planes, and views, with respect to ideal reference lines and normality ranges.
c) To enable additional measurements of the evaluator’s choice, beyond the standardized ones, tailored to the clinical case and the significance of specific
anatomical regions or singularities of interest.
To validate the software, a comparison with the open-source software Kinovea
© 0.9.5 was conducted using a pilot sample (n=6) of older adult volunteers of both
genders, who were referred for postural treatment due to diagnoses of orthopedic
and/or traumatological musculoskeletal conditions. This study excluded individuals with neurological pathologies affecting motor control. The comparison was
carried out by healthcare professionals with expertise in posturographic assessment. We found significant differences in the results of this comparison, with the
Two One-Side Test (TOST) based on the normality of variable (linear and angular)
in paired samples (p < 0.05). |
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