Body Position Measurement In Rehabilitation

The conclusion in that. The fim was developed in 1987 by udsmr to address the limitations of the barthel index. Mobile smartphone applications for body position measurement in rehabilitation posted on september 11 2014 by william harrison this study aimed to offer a systematic review of apps for smartphones validated for body position measurement pertinent to physical medicine and rehabilitation. Systematic search and review. Mobile smartphone applications for body position measurement in rehabilitation. A review of goniometric tools.

Mobile smartphone applications for body position measurement in rehabilitation. The most studied and validated rehabilitation outcome measure used in inpatient rehabilitation facilities is the functional independence measure abbreviated fim. A guide to goniometry 4e norkin cc white d. Author links open overlay panel patrizia milani md a carlo alberto coccetta md b alessia rabini md phd c tommaso sciarra md phd d giuseppe massazza prof e giorgio ferriero md phd f. To provide a systematic review of apps for smartphones validated for body position measurement relevant to physical medicine and rehabilitation. A literature search was conducted on relevant articles indexed by pubmed before april 15 2014.

And was endorsed by the american academy of physical medicine and rehabilitation and the american congress of rehabilitation medicine. Diaphragm contractility was operationally defined as the diaphragm thickening fraction or the increase in diaphragm thickness at peak inspiration relative to end expiration. The mean of the 3 measurements of diaphragm muscle thickness were calculated for both peak inspiration and end expiration for each body position tested. Mla citation joint measurements by body position measurement of joint motion. In 2014 patrizia and his colleague published an interesting paper about the validated mobile smartphone application for body position measurement in rehabilitation 1. With more than 400 measures and supported by some of the worlds best doctors clinicians therapists and physical medicine and rehabilitation researchers the rehabilitation measure database rmd is the go to resource for benchmarks and outcomes.

Norkin cc white deds eds. The rehabilitation specialists handbook. A review of goniometric tools.