Heightened clinical utility of smartphone versus body-worn inertial system for shoulder function B-B score.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The B-B Score is a straightforward kinematic shoulder function score including only two movements (hand to the Back + lift hand as to change a Bulb) that demonstrated sound measurement properties for patients for various shoulder pathologies. However, the B-B Score results using a smartphone or a reference system have not yet been compared. Provided that the measurement properties are comparable, the use of a smartphone would offer substantial practical advantages. This study investigated the concurrent validity of a smartphone and a reference inertial system for the measurement of the kinematic shoulder function B-B Score.

Methods

Sixty-five patients with shoulder conditions (with rotator cuff conditions, adhesive capsulitis and proximal humerus fracture) and 20

SUBMITTER: Pichonnaz C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5358877 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature