The Balance Tracking System (BTrackS) for Postural Control Assessment/Training – a Decade of Research

Daniel J Goble,1 Harsimran S Baweja,2 Joshua L Haworth1 1Department of Human Movement Science, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, USA; 2College of Education, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USACorrespondence: Daniel J Goble, Department of Human Movement Science, Oakland University, 433 Meadow Brook Road, Rochester, MI, 48309, USA, Email [email protected]: The Balance Tracking System (BTrackS) is a medical device developed over a decade ago as a low-cost and portable solution to expensive and cumbersome force plate balance measurement instruments. Consisting of the BTrackS Balance Plate and Assess Balance software, this technology is now employed worldwide by thousands of practitioners. An evidence base of more than 80 research studies had been published using BTrackS technology. This includes the positive establishment of device/protocol validity and reliability, normative data, as well as translational work comparing balance amongst a variety of sample populations. In addition, BTrackS has been successfully used for both evaluating the efficacy of balance interventions, manipulations, and devices, including several BTrackS bio-feedback-based training protocols themselves. The present narrative review compiles and summarizes this research in single source as a repository for BTrackS practitioners, and as a guide for informing future research efforts.Keywords: postural stability, force plate, center of pressure, intervention, evaluation, rehabilitation technology