Reliability of the Tekscan Matscan® System for the Measurement of Postural Stability in Older People With Rheumatoid Arthritis

Date
2012
Authors
Brenton-Rule, A
Mattock, J
Carroll, M
Dalbeth, N
Bassett, S
Menz, HB
Rome, K
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Item type
Conference Contribution
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Publisher
BioMed Central Ltd.
Abstract

Postural stability can be measured in clinical and research settings using portable plantar pressure systems. People with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have decreased postural stability compared to non-RA populations and impaired postural stability is associated with falls in people with RA. The purpose of this study was therefore to investigate the reliability of the TekScan MatScan® system in assessing postural stability in people with RA.

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Keywords
Postural sway , Balance , Falls , Rheumatoid arthritis , Pressure system
Source
Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 2012, 5:21. DOI:10.1186/1757-1146-5-21
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This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.