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ReviewSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Wearable Technology Applications and Methods to Assess Clinical Outcomes in Foot and Ankle Disorders: Achievements and Perspectives.

Lorenzo Brognara, Antonio Mazzotti, Simone Ottavio Zielli, Alberto Arceri, Elena Artioli, Francesco Traina, Cesare Faldini

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Review in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Lorenzo BrognaraDepartment of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, 40127 Bologna, Italy.
Antonio Mazzotti1st Orthopaedics and Traumatologic Clinic, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, 40136 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9974-4787
Simone Ottavio Zielli1st Orthopaedics and Traumatologic Clinic, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, 40136 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0867-1338
Alberto Arceri1st Orthopaedics and Traumatologic Clinic, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, 40136 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6486-6300
Elena Artioli1st Orthopaedics and Traumatologic Clinic, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, 40136 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9279-4722
Francesco Traina1st Orthopaedics and Traumatologic Clinic, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, 40136 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0196-101X
Cesare Faldini1st Orthopaedics and Traumatologic Clinic, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, 40136 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8152-4778

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Foot and ankle disorders are a very common diseases, represent a risk factor for falls in older people, and are associated with difficulty performing activities of daily living. With an increasing demand for cost-effective and high-quality clinical services, wearable technology can be strategic in extending our reach to patients with foot and ankle disorders. In recent years, wearable sensors have been increasingly utilized to assess the clinical outcomes of surgery, rehabilitation, and orthotic treatments. This article highlights recent achievements and developments in wearable sensor-based foot and ankle clinical assessment. An increasing number of studies have established the feasibility and effectiveness of wearable technology tools for foot and ankle disorders. Different methods and outcomes for feasibility studies have been introduced, such as satisfaction and efficacy in rehabilitation, surgical, and orthotic treatments. Currently, the widespread application of wearable sensors in clinical fields is hindered by a lack of robust evidence; in fact, only a few tests and analysis protocols are validated with cut-off values reported in the literature. However, nowadays, these tools are useful in quantifying clinical results before and after clinical treatments, providing useful data, also collected in real-life conditions, on the results of therapies.

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AnkleWearable Electronic DevicesFootFoot DiseasesHumansaccelerometeroutcome assessmentwearable sensor

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PMID39517956
PMCPMC11548473

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