The bench-top accuracy of the VerteTrack spinal stiffness assessment device.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The assessment of spinal stiffness by manual palpation in clinical settings has demonstrated both poor accuracy and reliability. More recently, mechanical methods for assessment of spinal stiffness have demonstrated superior accuracy and reliability. However, mechanical methods of spinal stiffness assessment can be expensive, time consuming and/or unsuited to clinical practice. While a new device has been designed to address these issues (VerteTrack), its benchtop performance remains unknown.

Aim

To measure the bench-top performance of VerteTrack.

Methods

A series of laboratory-based experiments were conducted in February 2018 to investigate the accuracy (precision and bias) of load and displacement measurements obtained by VerteTrack and then were compared

SUBMITTER: Young A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7433107 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature