Key result
The Wii Balance Board represents a suitable, low-cost tool for clinical balance analysis compared to a baropodometer platform.
Why the study?
Does the Wii Balance Board provide valid balance outcomes compared to a baropodometer platform in assessing standing balance?
Observational (n=10)
Does the Wii Balance Board provide valid balance outcomes compared to a baropodometer platform in assessing standing balance?
The Wii Balance Board is a low-cost, valid alternative to expensive force platforms for clinical balance assessment.
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May facilitate accessible balance evaluation in clinics; leaves open larger prospective validation before routine use.
Standing balance tests represent the most common way to assess person's functional ability and they were realized by means of specialized and expensive platforms, especially in clinicians' environments. Wii Balance Board (WBB) is video-game based device that measures center of pressure (CoP) oscillations and it showed promising performance compared with 'gold standard' force platforms. In this paper we propose an open integrated custom application to define balance outcomes using WBB. These outcomes were used to execute a validity analysis of WBB performance compared with baropodometer platform (BP). Ten subjects performed two standing balance tests with open and closed eyes respectively on WBB and BP in separate occasion. Validity analysis was carried out using r-Pearson correlation coefficient, ICC analysis, paired-sample t-Test and Bland-Altman plots. Results confirmed that the WBB, although has a fraction of cost of other platforms, represents a tool suitable for some clinician analysis
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Sgrò et al. (2014) reported an observational. Wii Balance Board vs. Baropodometer platform was evaluated on Validity of balance outcomes (center of pressure oscillations). The Wii Balance Board represents a suitable, low-cost tool for clinical balance analysis compared to a baropodometer platform.
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