Validity And Reliability Of A New Method To Measure Cervical Proprioception
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 86
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Horizontal Plane Target Platform Measurement with AOS PropPoint® Device
研究概览
简要总结
To evaluate cervical proprioception (CP), frontal plane target platforms defined Revel technique measurement commonly used as an alternative to the Cervical Range of Motion (CROM) device in laser measurements for the head repositioning accuracy (HRA) test. However, when evaluating CP, the plane where the movement of the atlanto-axial joint takes place is the horizontal plane. Therefore, the investigators aimed to investigate the validity and reliability of CP measurements conducted via AOS PropPoint® device on the horizontal and frontal platforms, and the investigators hypothesized that horizontal platform measurement is more reliable and valid than frontal plane measurement.
详细描述
It has been reported in a number of studies that methods utilizing laser are practical, easy, portable, and inexpensive in clinical use, a standardized and branded laser apparatus and system have not been identified. This has caused problems about whether the laser equipment used in the literature is valid and reliable in the evaluation of cervical proprioception (CP). Besides, the head repositioning accuracy (HRA) test, which was designed before for CP assessment and standardized with trigonometric equations, carries out measurements in the frontal plane. In addition, cervical rotation in the atlanto-axial joint occurs in the horizontal plane. Therefore, the investigators presume that evaluating the biomechanical motion occurring in the horizontal plane and transferring it directly to the horizontal plane will be more practical and reliable for practitioners.
The subjects' HRA values were measured through AOS ProPoint® device in the horizontal and frontal platforms and also through the CROM device. Each measurement was repeated bilaterally three times, and they were averaged. To validate the measurement method, a comparison between the CROM device used as the gold standard and the measurement values was made. Test-retest and inter-rater reliability scores were calculated to evaluate the reliability of the horizontal measurement method.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Case Only
- 时间视角
- Cross Sectional
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 35 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •age 18 to 35 years
- •bilateral cervical rotation of 30 degrees and above
- •being a volunteer.
排除标准
- •all kinds of orthopedic and neurological problems that might cause head, eye and neck movement limitation; having a pacemaker, platinum, dental braces, etc., which might affect the magnetic field; and the presence of epilepsy.
结局指标
主要结局
Horizontal Plane Target Platform Measurement with AOS PropPoint® Device
时间窗: Baseline
AOS PropPoint® is a practical, easy-to-use and low-cost device designed by physiotherapists to evaluate and improve the proprioceptive senses of various joints in the body. The fabric used to attach the laser apparatus to the head is made of a special veltec fabric. The laser pointer was placed at the center of the participants' atlanto-axial joint. The laser cursor was positioned at an angle of approximately 45° with the ground and projected onto a fixed semicircular horizontal target platform drawn with intervals of one degree. It was noted that the NHP and the 0° (zero point of the horizontal plane on the ground correspond to each other. The HRA measurement of AOS PropPoint® device on the horizontal platform was made simultaneously with the CROM. The deviation of the laser pointer from 0° (zero point) on the horizontal platform was recorded.
次要结局
- Frontal Plane Target Platform Measurement with AOS PropPoint® Device(Within a 5-to-7-day period after the first assessment)
- Cervical Proprioception assesment with Cervical Range of Motion Device (CROM)(Within a 5-to-7-day period after the first assessment)
- Horizontal Plane Target Platform Measurement with AOS PropPoint® Device(Within a 5-to-7-day period after the first assessment)
研究者
Ebru Kaya Mutlu, PT
Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa (IUC)