論文

査読有り 筆頭著者 責任著者
2018年2月

Validity of the Nintendo Wii Balance Board for Kinetic Gait Analysis

Applied Sciences
  • Ryo Eguchi
  • ,
  • Masaki Takahashi

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記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.3390/app8020285
出版者・発行元
MDPI

The Nintendo Wii Balance Board (WBB) has been suggested as an inexpensive, portable and accessible alternative to costly laboratory-grade force plates for measuring the vertical ground reaction force (vGRF) and center of pressure (COP). Kinetic gait analysis provides important information for the rehabilitation of patients with gait disorders; however, the validity of the WBB for measuring kinetic gait parameters has not been evaluated. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to determine the accuracy of walking force measurementswhich change dynamically in a short period of stance timecollected with the WBB. Three healthy adults were asked to walk 10 steps along both straight and curved paths in clockwise (CW) and counterclockwise (CCW) directions while measurements were taken using the WBB and the force plate. The accuracy of the vGRF, COP trajectory, and stance duration were evaluated using the root-mean-square error (RMSE), Pearson's correlation coefficient and Bland-Altman plots (BAPs) to compare the WBB and the force plate. The results of the vGRF showed high accuracy (r > 0.96 and %RMSE < 6.1% in the mean values), and the stance duration as defined by the vGRF and COP trajectory was equivalent to that of commercial instrumented insoles, which are used as an alternative to the force plates. From these results, we determined that the WBB may be used for kinetic gait analysis in clinical settings where lower accuracy is acceptable.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/app8020285
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000427510300137&DestApp=WOS_CPL
URL
http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/8/2/285
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.3390/app8020285
  • ISSN : 2076-3417
  • ORCIDのPut Code : 41765614
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000427510300137

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