SynthesisSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2019
Can We Rely on Mobile Devices and Other Gadgets to Assess the Postural Balance of Healthy Individuals? A Systematic Review.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- Inertial Sensor Reliability and Validity for Static and Dynamic Balance in Healthy Adults: A Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Pooled it
- Usefulness of Mobile Devices in the Diagnosis and Rehabilitation of Patients with Dizziness and Balance Disorders: A State of the Art Review.Clinical interventions in aging · 2020Pooled it
- Wearable Multi-Sensor Fusion for Field Assessment of Dynamic Postural Stability During the Curling Delivery in Young Adult Curlers: Integrating Trunk Kinematics, Plantar Pressure and Core-Muscle Activation.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Radiomics: Current Applications and Future Directions.MedComm · 2026Review
- The Development and Validation of a Novel Smartphone Application to Detect Postural Instability.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Age-Related Changes in Postural Stability in Response to Varying Surface Instability in Young and Middle-Aged Adults.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Evaluation of Smartphone Technology on Spatiotemporal Gait in Older and Diseased Adult Populations.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Effects of Different Wearable Resistance Placements on Running Stability.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The Relationship Between Human-rated Errors and Tablet-based Postural Sway During the Balance Error Scoring System in Military Cadets.Sports health · 2023Article
- Leg Dominance-Surface Stability Interaction: Effects on Postural Control Assessed by Smartphone-Based Accelerometry.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- Wearable Devices and Smartphone Inertial Sensors for Static Balance Assessment: A Concurrent Validity Study in Young Adult Population.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Article
- Wearable Motion Sensors in Older Adults: On the Cutting Edge of Health and Mobility Research.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Comparison of Concurrent and Same-Day Balance Measurement Approaches in a Large Sample of Uninjured Collegiate Athletes.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2022Article
- Validity and Reliability of a Smartphone App for Gait and Balance Assessment.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- An Experimental Study on the Validity and Reliability of a Smartphone Application to Acquire Temporal Variables during the Single Sit-to-Stand Test with Older Adults.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Feasibility and acceptability study on the use of a smartphone application to facilitate balance training in the ageing population.BMJ open · 2020Article
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
The consequences of falls, costs, and complexity of conventional evaluation protocols have motivated researchers to develop more effective balance assessments tools. Healthcare practitioners are incorporating the use of mobile phones and other gadgets (smartphones and tablets) to enhance accessibility in balance evaluations with reasonable sensitivity and good cost-benefit. The prospects are evident, as well as the need to identify weakness and highlight the strengths of the different approaches. In order to verify if mobile devices and other gadgets are able to assess balance, four electronic databases were searched from their inception to February 2019. Studies reporting the use of inertial sensors on mobile and other gadgets to assess balance in healthy adults, compared to other evaluation methods were included. The quality of the nine studies selected was assessed and the current protocols often used were summarized. Most studies did not provide enough information about their assessment protocols, limiting the reproducibility and the reliability of the results. Data gathered from the studies did not allow us to conclude if mobile devices and other gadgets have discriminatory power (accuracy) to assess postural balance. Although the approach is promising, the overall quality of the available studies is low to moderate.
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