Validation of inertial measurement units for the assessment of trunk control in subjects with spinal cord injury.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Trunk control (TC) constitutes one of the main objectives in the rehabilitation of people with a spinal cord injury (SCI), but there are few clinically validated tests to assess it. Accelerometers have been proposed as sensitive and suitable procedures to assess TC.

Objective

To evaluate test-retest reliability, construct and criterion validity of accelerometer parameters to assess TC in people with SCI.

Methods

A cross-sectional study of simultaneous application of Clinical Trunk Control Test (CTCT) and accelerometer evaluation was conducted. Accelerometers were placed on the trunks of 27 people with SCI and 15 people without SCI. Reliability was assessed by three repeated measures in random order of selected static and dynamic TC tasks. Acceleration on th

SUBMITTER: Perez-Sanpablo AI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9897781 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature