The concurrent validity and reliability of the Leg Motion system for measuring ankle dorsiflexion range of motion in older adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

New reliable devices for range of motion (ROM) measures in older adults are necessary to improve knowledge about the functional capability in this population. Dorsiflexion ROM limitation is associated with ankle injuries, foot pain, lower limb disorders, loss of balance, gait control disorders and fall risk in older adults. The aim of the present study was to assess the validity and reliability of the Leg Motion device for measuring ankle dorsiflexion ROM in older adults.

Methods

Adescriptive repeated-measures study was designed to test the reliability of Leg Motion in thirty-three healthy elderly patients older than 65 years. The subjects had to meet the following inclusion and exclusion criteria in their medical records: older than 65 years; no lower extremity i

SUBMITTER: Romero Morales C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5214953 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature