Wobble board balance assessment in subjects with chronic ankle instability
| Autor: | Philip X. Fuchs, Cristina Cortis, Andrea Fusco, Giuseppe Francesco Giancotti, Carlo Varalda, Herbert Wagner |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Joint Instability Male medicine.medical_specialty Speed wobble medicine.medical_treatment Biophysics Postural control Neuromuscular performance Rehabilitation Instability Prevention 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Physical medicine and rehabilitation Accelerometry Humans Medicine Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Postural Balance Balance (ability) Balance assessment Receiver operating characteristic business.industry Reproducibility of Results Data interpretation 030229 sport sciences Area Under Curve Chronic Disease Chronic ankle instability Female business Ankle Joint 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Gait & Posture. 68:352-356 |
| ISSN: | 0966-6362 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2018.12.017 |
| Popis: | Background Wobble boards (WBs), commonly used to train postural control, have been recently equipped with accelerometers connected to a computer displaying real-time balance performances. However, little is known about their ability to detect balance deficits in subjects with unilateral chronic ankle instability (CAI). Objective To determine if computerized WBs can detect balance deficits in subjects with unilateral CAI. Methods Fifteen subjects with unilateral CAI and fifteen uninjured subjects performed one WB test and one Y Balance Test (YBT) during two separate randomized sessions. WB performance was assessed as the time (s) spent on the platform by keeping it flat at 0° during three 30-s trials for each limb. Normalized (%) reach distances values for anterior, posteromedial, posterolateral directions and composite were recorded for YBT. Results WB has been shown to be a reliable and accurate device for detecting balance deficits between and within subjects with unilateral CAI. The area under the curve for receiver operating characteristic was 0.80 (asymptotic significance 0.001), suggesting that WBs have the capability to accurately discriminate between injured and uninjured limbs. Significance Computerized WBs can fill the gap caused by limitations between subjective-based clinical assessment and laboratory-based testing, especially in field-based settings, where specificity, transportability and time constraints are crucial. The results of the present study suggest that WBs may facilitate the detection of balance impairments in subjects with unilateral CAI, without complexity in its use or data interpretation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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