Normative data for static balance testing in healthy individuals using open source computerized posturography
| Autor: | Berta Patiño-Castiñeira, Claudio Krstulovic, Gabriel Aguilera-Aguilera, Carlos Gimeno, Carmen Sánchez-Blanco, Rafael Barona, María Guadalupe Álvarez-Morujo de Sande, Julio Rama, Jorge Rey-Martinez, Carlos Guajardo, Elena San-Román-Rodríguez, Juan Manuel Espinosa-Sanchez, Nicolas Perez, Jesus Benitez-Rosario, Ariadna Valldeperes, Eusebi Matiño, Esther Doménech-Vadillo, Marcos Rossi-Izquierdo, Elvira Santandreu, Gabriel Trinidad-Ruiz, Francisco Carlos Zuma E Maia, Angel Batuecas-Caletrio |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Diagnostic Techniques Neurological Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Software Physical medicine and rehabilitation Reference Values medicine Humans Force platform Diagnosis Computer-Assisted Prospective Studies 030223 otorhinolaryngology Postural Balance Reliability (statistics) Aged Balance (ability) business.industry Posturography Reproducibility of Results General Medicine Gold standard (test) Middle Aged Test (assessment) Otorhinolaryngology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Normative Female business |
| Zdroj: | European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology. 276:41-48 |
| ISSN: | 1434-4726 0937-4477 |
| Popis: | Computerized posturography is the gold standard for balance assessment. Because of the great cost and dimensions of commercial equipments, low-cost and portable devices have been developed and validated, such as RombergLab, a software in open source term which works connected with a low-cost force platform. The objective of this study was to obtain normative posturography data using this software.A multicentric prospective and descriptive study, with 350 healthy participants, was designed. Static postural stability (measured using the modified clinical test of sensory interaction on balance) was evaluated using the software connected to the force platform. Using the confidence ellipse area (CEA) in each condition, global equilibrium score (GES) was calculated and adjusted for significant variable factors using cluster analysis.Mean (SD) GES was 0.72 (0.22). Age (p 0.01), height (p 0.01) and recruitment center (p 0.05) were found as influence factors for GES. Cluster analysis obtained 16 groups stratified by age and height. GES decreases with age and height (p 0.005). No significant interaction of age nor height was found with GES in these clusters (p 0.05). After correction for height and age, GES was no longer influenced by the recruitment center (p 0.05).With the introduction of the global equilibrium score values of the present study into the software, we consider RombergLab v1.3 a reference posturography tool for healthy individuals. Further studies are needed for validating it as a suitable instrumented test for screening between healthy and pathologic subjects and its reliability over time for the follow-up of patients. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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