Closing the gap while standing still: clinimetric properties of a low-cost balance platform and a user-friendly app for posturography
The WBB revealed excellent concurrent validity with a laboratory-grade force plate for balance tasks on a single leg or two legs for most COP parameters. The reliability was poor to moderate for most tasks, however comparable to the findings from the laboratory grade force plate. An open-source web application, employing R Shiny, was created to provide a tool to analyse COP parameters. Hereby, it was demonstrated that open-source scientific tools may help researchers to bridge the gap between scientific findings and clinical use of posturography.
Authors
- John F. Stins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5251-5610)
- Stephan Ramaekers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8702-3461)
- Annelies Pool‐Goudzwaard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8524-2516)
- Michel W. Coppieters (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3958-4408)
- Tom Vredeveld (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0563-817X)
- Annelies J. van Vliet
- Vincent C.M. Tuinder
Institutions
- Menzies School of Health Research (AU)
- SOMT University of Physiotherapy (NL)
- Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (NL)
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PeerJ
- Published
- 2025-02-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18299
- Primary Topic
- Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek