Reliability and Validity of the KFORCE Sens® Inertial Sensor for Measuring Cervical Spine Proprioception in Patients with Non-Specific Chronic Neck Pain
George A Koumantakis, Stamatina Gkouma, Christina Floka, Petros I Tatsios, Maria Moutzouri, Vasiliki Sakellari, Peter Federolf · 2024
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Description
George Koumantakis and co-authors test a wearable sensor in 2024 for people with long-term neck pain. Such patients often lose proprioception, the sense of where the neck sits without looking. Clinics need a tool that measures this sense reliably.
The device, called KFORCE Sens, straps on and tracks neck angles as patients try to return to a set position. Fifty-nine patients from primary care took part. Repeated tests on the same day agreed well, with small margins of error. The scores did not track pain level, fear of movement, or age in any clear way. The authors say the sensor is solid enough for more research in this group.
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| CREATOR | George A Koumantakis, Stamatina Gkouma, Christina Floka, Petros I Tatsios, Maria Moutzouri, Vasiliki Sakellari, Peter Federolf |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 40 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |