Photogrammetry-based smartphone applications for spinal posture assessment: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Mina Karbalaeimahdi, Hooman Minoonejad, Seyed Hamed Mousavi, Reza Rajabi · 2025
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Mina Karbalaeimahdi, Hooman Minoonejad, Seyed Hamed Mousavi, and Reza Rajabi review phone apps that judge spinal posture from photos in a 2025 paper. Such apps could make posture checks cheap and portable, but their accuracy needs proof. The team gathered studies that built or tested photo-based posture apps.
Twenty-nine studies with about nineteen hundred participants met the rules. For the angle between head and spine, repeat and cross-rater reliability were both excellent. Other measures, such as hip and head tilt, ranged from moderate to excellent. Small samples and uneven reporting temper the verdict. On balance, the authors support clinical use of these apps while urging better study standards.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Mina Karbalaeimahdi, Hooman Minoonejad, Seyed Hamed Mousavi, Reza Rajabi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 86 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |