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OBJECTIVE: To establish the clinical utility of the PROPRIO 5000 as a balance
assessment device by establishing convergent validity with the NeuroCom sensory
organization test (SOT). DESIGN: Cross-sectional. SETTING: Balance research
laboratory. PARTICIPANTS: Young adults (N=40; 21.1+/-1.4y). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Performance on each of the 6 NeuroCom SOT
testing conditions and PROPRIO 5000 dynamic motion analysis score. RESULTS:
Correlational analyses between output variables yielded significant relationships
between the dynamic motion analysis score from the 0 to 10 second (r=-.38), 10 to
20 second (r=-.34), and 20 to 30 second (r=-.35) intervals and the SOT composite
balance score. CONCLUSIONS: The initial stages of the PROPRIO 5000 and the
NeuroCom SOT battery may evaluate similar aspects of postural control. However,
as the magnitude of PROPRIO perturbations increased, the relationship between the
devices diverged and the complete PROPRIO assessment is not thought to pair with
the SOT assessment. Differences between the 2 devices may be associated with
varying degrees of test difficulty and the necessary postural control strategies
involved in responding to continual balance perturbations (PROPRIO 5000) or to
different sensory inputs (SOT).

Langue : ANGLAIS

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