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ISway: a sensitive, valid and reliable measure of postural control

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Mancini, Martina, Salarian, Arash, Carlson-Kuhta, Patricia, Zampieri, Cris, King, Laurie, Chiari, Lorenzo, Horak, Fay B·2012·Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

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BACKGROUND: Clinicians need a practical, objective test of postural control that is sensitive to mild neurological disease, shows experimental and clinical validity, and has good test-retest reliability. We developed an instrumented test of postural sway (ISway) using a body-worn accelerometer to offer an objective and practical measure of postural control. METHODS: We conducted two separate studies with two groups of subjects. Study I: sensitivity and experimental concurrent validity. Thirteen subjects with early, untreated Parkinson's disease (PD) and 12 age-matched control subjects (CTR) were tested in the laboratory, to compare sway from force-plate COP and inertial sensors. Study II: test-retest reliability and clinical concurrent validity. A different set of 17 early-to-moderate, treated PD (tested ON medication), and 17 age-matched CTR subjects were tested in the clinic to compare clinical balance tests with sway from inertial sensors. For reliability, the sensor was removed, subjects rested for 30 min, and the protocol was repeated. Thirteen sway measures (7 time-domain, 5 frequency-domain measures, and JERK) were computed from the 2D time series acceleration (ACC) data to determine the best metrics for a clinical balance test. RESULTS: Both center of pressure (COP) and ACC measures differentiated sway between CTR and untreated PD. JERK and time-domain measures showed the best test-retest reliability (JERK ICC was 0.86 in PD and 0.87 in CTR; time-domain measures ICC ranged from 0.55 to 0.84 in PD and from 0.60 to 0.89 in CTR). JERK, all but one time-domain measure, and one frequency measure were significantly correlated with the clinical postural stability score (r ranged from 0.50 to 0.63, 0.01 < p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Based on these results, we recommend a subset of the most sensitive, reliable, and valid ISway measures to characterize posture control in PD: 1) JERK, 2) RMS amplitude and mean velocity from the time-domain measures, and 3) centroidal frequency as the best frequency measure, as valid and reliable measures of balance control from ISway.

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Mancini, M., Salarian, A., Carlson-Kuhta, P., Zampieri, C., King, L., Chiari, L., & Horak, F. B.
Affiliations
  • Oregon Health & Science University (US)
  • National Institutes of Health (US)
  • University of Bologna (IT)
Corresponding author
Mancini, Martina
Venue
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation
Published
2012
Volume
9
Issue
1
Pages
59
ISSN
1743-0003 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2093375256
Cited by
499
References
48
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52.06
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journal article
Language
en
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  • Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna) (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Kinetics Foundation
  • National Institutes of Health (AG006457, 5r37ag006457-28)
  • National Institute on Aging (R37-AG006457, R01AG006457)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (RC1NS068678)
  • NIH Clinical Center
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation › Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Motor Control and Adaptation
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Rehabilitation › Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
Keywords
postural sway, postural control, Parkinson's disease, wearable accelerometers, inertial sensors, balance assessment, test-retest reliability, concurrent validity, center of pressure, frequency domain analysis
MeSH terms
Acceleration, Aged, Algorithms, Biomechanical Phenomena, Data Interpretation, Statistical, Postural Balance, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Parkinson Disease, Reproducibility of Results

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