ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2023
Reliability and Validity of a Smartphone Device and Clinical Tools for Thoracic Spine Mobility Assessments.
Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06326177 (Investigating Association Between Spine Posture, Spine Movement, Scapular Dyskinesia, Isometric and Eccentric Shoulder Strength and Core Muscle Endurance in Competitive Swimmers), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers.
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Investigating Association Between Spine Posture, Spine Movement, Scapular Dyskinesia, Isometric and Eccentric Shoulder Strength and Core Muscle Endurance in Competitive Swimmers
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- Smartphone-based abdominal inclination angles for assessing abdominal obesity: Convergent validity and reliability study.Digital healthArticle
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Abstract
Quantifying thoracic spine mobility with reliable and valid tools is a challenge for clinicians in practice. The aim of this study is to determine the reliability and validity of a smartphone device, bubble inclinometer and universal goniometer to quantify the static kyphotic curve and active range of motion of the thoracic spine. A total of 17 participants (mean age = 23.7 ± 2.3 years) underwent repeated measurements with three raters, on three separate days performing the lumbar-locked trunk rotation, standing full extension, standing full flexion, standing relaxed curve and seated trunk rotation assessments. Mostly "Good" to "Excellent" intra-rater (ICC ranging from 0.624 to 0.981) and inter-reliability (ICC ranging from 0.671 to 0.968) was achieved with the smartphone and clinical tools. "Excellent" validity (ICC ranging from 0.903 to 0.947) with the smartphone was achieved during lumbar-locked trunk rotation and standing relaxed curve assessment. "Good" validity (ICC ranging from 0.836 to 0.867) of the smartphone was achieved during the seated trunk rotation. The Samsung s9+ smartphone with the iSetSquare mobile application is a reliable and valid tool to use for clinical assessments assessing thoracic spine mobility.
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