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Reliability and Usability Analysis of an Embedded System Capable of Evaluating Balance in Elderly Populations Based on a Modified Wii Balance Board
This paper analyzes the reliability and usability of a portable electronic instrument that measures balance and balance impairment in older adults. The center of pressure (CoP) metrics are measured with a modified Wii Balance Board (mWBB) platform. In the intra- and inter-rater testing, 16 and 43 vo...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9518410/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36078742 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191711026 |
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author | Estévez-Pedraza, Ángel Gabriel Hernandez-Laredo, Enrique Millan-Guadarrama, María Elena Martínez-Méndez, Rigoberto Carrillo-Vega, María Fernanda Parra-Rodríguez, Lorena |
author_facet | Estévez-Pedraza, Ángel Gabriel Hernandez-Laredo, Enrique Millan-Guadarrama, María Elena Martínez-Méndez, Rigoberto Carrillo-Vega, María Fernanda Parra-Rodríguez, Lorena |
author_sort | Estévez-Pedraza, Ángel Gabriel |
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description | This paper analyzes the reliability and usability of a portable electronic instrument that measures balance and balance impairment in older adults. The center of pressure (CoP) metrics are measured with a modified Wii Balance Board (mWBB) platform. In the intra- and inter-rater testing, 16 and 43 volunteers (mean 75.66 and standard deviation (SD) of 7.86 years and 72.61 (SD 7.86) years, respectively) collaborated. Five volunteer raters (5.1 (SD 3.69) years of experience) answered the System Usability Scale (SUS). The most reliable CoP index in the intra-examiner tests was the 95% power frequency in the medial-lateral displacement of the CoP with closed-eyes. It had excellent reliability with an intraclass correlation coefficient ICC = 0.948 (C.I. 0.862–0.982) and a Pearson’s correlation coefficient PCC = 0.966 (p < 0.001). The best index for the inter-rater reliability was the centroidal frequency in the anterior-posterior direction closed-eyes, which had an ICC (2,1) = 0.825. The mWBB also obtained a high usability score. These results support the mWBB as a reliable complementary tool for measuring balance in older adults. Additionally, it does not have the limitations of laboratory-grade systems and clinical screening instruments. |
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spelling | pubmed-95184102022-09-29 Reliability and Usability Analysis of an Embedded System Capable of Evaluating Balance in Elderly Populations Based on a Modified Wii Balance Board Estévez-Pedraza, Ángel Gabriel Hernandez-Laredo, Enrique Millan-Guadarrama, María Elena Martínez-Méndez, Rigoberto Carrillo-Vega, María Fernanda Parra-Rodríguez, Lorena Int J Environ Res Public Health Article This paper analyzes the reliability and usability of a portable electronic instrument that measures balance and balance impairment in older adults. The center of pressure (CoP) metrics are measured with a modified Wii Balance Board (mWBB) platform. In the intra- and inter-rater testing, 16 and 43 volunteers (mean 75.66 and standard deviation (SD) of 7.86 years and 72.61 (SD 7.86) years, respectively) collaborated. Five volunteer raters (5.1 (SD 3.69) years of experience) answered the System Usability Scale (SUS). The most reliable CoP index in the intra-examiner tests was the 95% power frequency in the medial-lateral displacement of the CoP with closed-eyes. It had excellent reliability with an intraclass correlation coefficient ICC = 0.948 (C.I. 0.862–0.982) and a Pearson’s correlation coefficient PCC = 0.966 (p < 0.001). The best index for the inter-rater reliability was the centroidal frequency in the anterior-posterior direction closed-eyes, which had an ICC (2,1) = 0.825. The mWBB also obtained a high usability score. These results support the mWBB as a reliable complementary tool for measuring balance in older adults. Additionally, it does not have the limitations of laboratory-grade systems and clinical screening instruments. MDPI 2022-09-03 /pmc/articles/PMC9518410/ /pubmed/36078742 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191711026 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Estévez-Pedraza, Ángel Gabriel Hernandez-Laredo, Enrique Millan-Guadarrama, María Elena Martínez-Méndez, Rigoberto Carrillo-Vega, María Fernanda Parra-Rodríguez, Lorena Reliability and Usability Analysis of an Embedded System Capable of Evaluating Balance in Elderly Populations Based on a Modified Wii Balance Board |
title | Reliability and Usability Analysis of an Embedded System Capable of Evaluating Balance in Elderly Populations Based on a Modified Wii Balance Board |
title_full | Reliability and Usability Analysis of an Embedded System Capable of Evaluating Balance in Elderly Populations Based on a Modified Wii Balance Board |
title_fullStr | Reliability and Usability Analysis of an Embedded System Capable of Evaluating Balance in Elderly Populations Based on a Modified Wii Balance Board |
title_full_unstemmed | Reliability and Usability Analysis of an Embedded System Capable of Evaluating Balance in Elderly Populations Based on a Modified Wii Balance Board |
title_short | Reliability and Usability Analysis of an Embedded System Capable of Evaluating Balance in Elderly Populations Based on a Modified Wii Balance Board |
title_sort | reliability and usability analysis of an embedded system capable of evaluating balance in elderly populations based on a modified wii balance board |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9518410/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36078742 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191711026 |
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