Validation of inertial measurement units for the assessment of trunk control in subjects with spinal cord injury.

Autor:	Pérez-Sanpablo AI; Research Division, Human Motion Analysis Laboratory and Rehabilitation Engineering Department, National Institute of Rehabilitation Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico., Quinzaños-Fresnedo J; Neurologic Rehabilitation Division, National Institute of Rehabilitation Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico., Romero-Ixtla M; Health Education Direction, National Institute of Rehabilitation Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico., Aguirre-Güemez AV; Neurologic Rehabilitation Division, Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Service, National Institute of Rehabilitation Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico., Rodríguez-Reyes G; Orthotics and Prosthetics Laboratory, National Institute of Rehabilitation Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico., Pérez-Zavala R; Neurologic Rehabilitation Division, Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Service, National Institute of Rehabilitation Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico., Barrera-Ortiz A; Neurologic Rehabilitation Division, Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Service, National Institute of Rehabilitation Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico., Quijano-González Y; Research Division, Human Motion Analysis Laboratory and Rehabilitation Engineering Department, National Institute of Rehabilitation Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	The journal of spinal cord medicine [J Spinal Cord Med] 2023 Jan; Vol. 46 (1), pp. 154-163. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Oct 06.
DOI:	10.1080/10790268.2021.1975083
Abstrakt:	Background: Trunk control (TC) constitutes one of the main objectives in the rehabilitation of people with a spinal cord injury (SCI), but there are few clinically validated tests to assess it. Accelerometers have been proposed as sensitive and suitable procedures to assess TC. Objective: To evaluate test-retest reliability, construct and criterion validity of accelerometer parameters to assess TC in people with SCI. Methods: A cross-sectional study of simultaneous application of Clinical Trunk Control Test (CTCT) and accelerometer evaluation was conducted. Accelerometers were placed on the trunks of 27 people with SCI and 15 people without SCI. Reliability was assessed by three repeated measures in random order of selected static and dynamic TC tasks. Acceleration on three axes was analyzed using five metrics. Criterion validity was assessed by analyzing correlation of acceleration to CTCT scores. Construct validity was assessed by analyzing capacity of inertial measurement units (IMU) to differentiate individual's characteristics, ASIA Impairment scale, gait capacity, level of TC, and neurological level of injury. Results: Reliable IMU data were obtained in people with SCI and without SCI, of all accelerometer axes, metrics, and tested items of the CTCT. Reliability of acceleration decreases with the increasing demand for TC tasks. Ten acceleration parameters showed construct and criterion validity. Conclusion: Accelerometer parameters are reliable, valid, and sensitive to evaluate TC in people with SCI. Significance: A set of IMU parameters were validated as reliable and valid measures to evaluate TC, which could be useful for the assessment of progression of people with SCI and clinical interventions.
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