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Postural Evaluation in Young Healthy Adults through a Digital and Reproducible Method
Trovato, Bruno Roggio, Federico Sortino, Martina Zanghì, Marta Petrigna, Luca Giuffrida, Rosario
Trovato, Bruno
Roggio, Federico
Sortino, Martina
Zanghì, Marta
Petrigna, Luca
Giuffrida, Rosario
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2022-10-28
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jfmk7040098
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Different tools for the assessment of posture exist, from the simplest and cheap plumb line to complex, expensive, 3D-marker-based systems. The aim of this study is to present digital postural normative data of young adults collected through a mobile app to expand the possibilities of digital postural evaluation. A sample of 100 healthy volunteers, 50 males and 50 females, was analyzed with the mobile app Apecs-AI Posture Evaluation and Correction System® (Apecs). The Student’s t-test evaluated differences between gender to highlight if the digital posture evaluation may differ between groups. A significant difference was present in the anterior coronal plane for axillary alignment (p = 0.04), trunk inclination (p = 0.03), and knee alignment (p = 0.01). Head inclination (p = 0.04), tibia shift (p = 0.01), and foot angle (p < 0.001) presented significant differences in the sagittal plane, while there were no significant differences in the posterior coronal plane. The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was considered to evaluate reproducibility. Thirteen parameters out of twenty-two provided an ICC > 0.90, three provided an ICC > 0.60, and six variables did not meet the cut-off criteria. The results highlight that digital posture analysis of healthy individuals may present slight differences related to gender. Additionally, the mobile app showed good reproducibility according to ICC. Digital postural assessment with Apecs could represent a quick method for preventing screening in the general population. Therefore, clinicians should consider this app’s worth as an auxiliary posture evaluation tool.
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Trovato, B.; Roggio, F.; Sortino, M.; Zanghì, M.; Petrigna, L.; Giuffrida, R.; Musumeci, G. Postural Evaluation in Young Healthy Adults through a Digital and Reproducible Method. J. Funct. Morphol. Kinesiol. 2022, 7, 98. https://doi.org/10.3390/jfmk7040098
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Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology (JFMK), Vol. 7, Iss. 4
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