Comparative study of flexicurve ruler with Microsoft Kinect tool in spinal arch evaluation

Document Type : Original article

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1 Sport injuries and Corrective Exercises Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Corrective Exercises, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran

3 MSc Student of Sport Injuries, Corrective Exercises, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University ofyf Guilan, Rasht, Iran

Abstract

Introduction: Identifying spinal abnormalities and assessing the physical condition of people in the community with accurate and reliable tools is of great importance. The main purpose of this study was to compare the flexible ruler with Microsoft Kinect tool in spine arch evaluation.
Materials and Methods: The present study is a descriptive study and for this purpose, 44 athletes aged 20 to 42 years in Rasht who were purposefully selected participated in this study. First, a flexicurve ruler was used to evaluate the arch of the spine, and then the Microsoft Kinect tool was used. It was measured in three steps with an interval of 15 minutes.
Results: Pearson correlation coefficient was used to investigate the relationship between flexicurve ruler and Microsoft Kinect measurements (for validity) and intragroup correlation coefficient was used to evaluate the reliability of kyphosis and lordosis measurements. The results showed that there was moderate validity between the measurements obtained by Microsoft Kinect and the flexicurve ruler (r = 0.407 for kyphosis and r = 0.396 for lordosis), but the in-test reliability of this device was very high (kyphosis ICC = 0/998 and lordosis ICC = 0/998) was obtained.
Conclusion: The results of the present study showed that Microsoft Kinect is a reliable tool in evaluating and measuring the angle of kyphosis and lordosis and also has validity. Therefore, this device can be used quickly and accurately in the evaluation of the spine arch.

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The Scientific Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 26 September 2021

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  • Receive Date: 27 April 2021
  • Revise Date: 05 September 2021
  • Accept Date: 17 September 2021
  • First Publish Date: 26 September 2021

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