Wobble board balance assessment in subjects with chronic ankle instability.
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 ank...
| Publicado en: | Gait & Posture Vol. 68; pp. 352 - 357 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Elsevier B.V.
Feb2019
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=134572825&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 134572825 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 09666362 3L6 jtl: Gait & Posture issn: 09666362 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Feb2019 vid: 68 pid: 1004 pub: Elsevier B.V. artinfo: ui: 134572825 134572825 NLM30579039 134572825 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2018.12.017 NLM30579039 134572825 ppf: 352 ppct: 5 formats: tig: atl: Wobble board balance assessment in subjects with chronic ankle instability. aug: au: Fusco, Andrea Giancotti, Giuseppe Francesco Fuchs, Philip X. Wagner, Herbert Varalda, Carlo Cortis, Cristina affil: Department of Human Sciences, Society and Health, University of Cassino and Lazio Meridionale, Via S. Angelo - Località Folcara, 03043, Cassino FR, Italy sug: subj: Balance, Postural Physiology Ankle Joint Physiopathology Joint Instability Physiopathology Accelerometry Methods Reproducibility of Results Adult Female Pharmacokinetics Male Accelerometry Equipment and Supplies Chronic Disease Human Adult: 19-44 years Female Male ab: 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. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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