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

Brenton-Rule, AMattock, JCarroll, MDalbeth, NBassett, SMenz, HBRome, K2014-12-082014-12-0820122012Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 2012, 5:21. DOI:10.1186/1757-1146-5-211757-1146https://hdl.handle.net/10292/8205Postural 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.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.Postural swayBalanceFallsRheumatoid arthritisPressure systemReliability of the Tekscan Matscan® System for the Measurement of Postural Stability in Older People With Rheumatoid ArthritisConference ContributionOpenAccess10.1186/1757-1146-5-21