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Validity and Reliability of the Knee Joint Proprioceptive Sensory Measurements using a Smartphone

스마트폰을 이용한 무릎관절 고유수용성 감각 측정의 타당도와 신뢰도 검증

  • Kim, Myung-Chul (Department of Physical Therapy, Eulji University) ;
  • Kim, Nam-Jae (Department of Physical Therapy, Sarangplus hospital Major in Physical Therapy) ;
  • Lee, Min-Soo (Graduate School of Public Health Science, Eulji University) ;
  • Moon, So-Ra (Graduate School of Public Health Science, Eulji University)
  • 김명철 (을지대학교 물리치료학과) ;
  • 김남재 (사랑플러스병원 재활센터) ;
  • 이민수 (을지대학교 보건대학원 물리치료전공) ;
  • 문소라 (을지대학교 보건대학원 물리치료전공)
  • Received : 2015.06.22
  • Accepted : 2015.08.04
  • Published : 2015.11.30
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Abstract

PURPOSE: We aims to promote the development of proprioception measurement using smartphones, goniometers, and laser pointers as compared to the conventional use of electrogoniometer measurement. METHODS: Measurements using an electrogoniometer were previously proved to be reliabile and valid. Among E-university students, 20 who had no fracture, operation history, or inflammatory arthritis were examined. These subjects had not performed regular exercise in the past 3 months. Proprioception measurements were performed using four different measurement tools, three times per day, for test-retest analysis. RESULTS: No notable test-retest differences were noted for any of the measurement methods (P>0.05). With regard to the test-retest reliability for each measurement method, we observed that the readings from both the electrogoniometer and smartphone have high reliability (ICC>0.80), whereas the readings from the laser pointer have moderate reliability (ICC>0.60). When assessing the concurrent validity between electrogoniometers with individual measurements, we did not observe any notable difference between the smartphone and electrogoniometer (P>0.05) and these tools in fact showed high correlation (r>0.60, P<0.05) and a moderate reliability (ICC>0.60). Moreover, there was no notable difference in between electrogoniometers and laser pointers (P<0.05). CONCLUSION: CONCLUSION: The findings of this suggested that proprioception can be measured by using smart-phones, and proved that this method has sufficient credibility. Moreover, we noted that the concurrent validity with smartphones was high in comparison with the conventional electrogoniometer, which also indicates the validity and credibility. Based on these findings, we conclude that the measurement of proprioception by using a smartphone can be widely adopted.

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