Thermal images were taken before the start and after the end of the respective manual therapy. To provide a systematic review of apps for smartphones validated for body position measurement relevant to physical medicine and rehabilitation.
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Body position measurement in rehabilitation. An upholstered half moon shaped accessory that is placed under the patients knees in the supine position or under the instep in the prone position to make the patient more comfortable by relaxing leg muscles and tendons particularly the hamstrings. 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. A literature search was conducted on relevant articles indexed by pubmed before april 15 2014. We selected only research papers published in english. The aim of our study was to test the influence of body and arm position on bp measurement in diabetic patients. This muscle strength grade is assigned when your muscle can contract but cannot move the body part fully against gravity.
A review of mobile smartphone applications for body position measurement in rehabilitation. A focus on goniometric tools. All patients were investigated in a supine position under similar conditions. This study aimed to offer a systematic review of apps for smartphones validated for body position measurement pertinent to physical medicine and rehabilitation. An outcome measure is a qualitative or quantitative measurement of outcome 1 generally in response to a rehabilitation intervention in the context of physiatry 2 and will be referred to as rehabilitation measure of outcome rmo in this article. Rmos are vital to the practice of evidence based medicine and can be understood in the context of the world health.
The thermal imaging measurement procedure was the same for both patient groups. A literature search was conducted on relevant articles indexed by pubmed before april 15 2014. Systematic search and review. Papers related to apps not relevant to physical medicine continue reading. The muscle is not strong enough to lift the particular body part against gravity or move it when in a gravity reduced position. Approximately 3 h before starting the measurement both legs were shaved.
World health organization who guidelines recommend that the blood pressure bp should be routinely measured in sitting or supine followed by standing position providing that the arm of the patient is placed at the level of the right atrium in each position. A small flicker of muscle contraction may be palpated or felt during testing. A review of mobile smartphone applications for body position measurement in rehabilitation. A focus on goniometric tools article in pmr 611 may 2014 with 564 reads how we measure reads.