Reza Rajabi; Sepideh Latifi; Hooman Minoonejad; Farhad Rajabi
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Background and Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of soft tissues in measuring thoracic kyphosis by Iranian kyphometer through placement on the body and on the X-Ray and also comparing the results with with Cobb method. Materials and Methods: The method of this study is Descriptive ...
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Background and Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of soft tissues in measuring thoracic kyphosis by Iranian kyphometer through placement on the body and on the X-Ray and also comparing the results with with Cobb method. Materials and Methods: The method of this study is Descriptive – correlation and it's sampling was targeted and vailable. The number of subject formed 18 persons. The measurements of each subject were Cobb angle with X-ray and kyphosis angle with putting kyphometer on the body and on the X-ray. Results: The result of this study showed, the high Validity and high correlation between measurement with kyphometer on body and on X-ray and Cobb method (p≤0.05), and also reported high correlation between measurement with kyphometer on body and measurement with kyphometer on X-Ray (p≤0.05). The comparison of the three methods in terms of mean; there was no considerable difference between the result of kyphometer on body and kyphometer on X-Ray and also between measurement with the kyphometer on X-Ray and Cobb method (P=0.34). Conclusion: Based on the high correlation between the three measurement methods (kyphometer on the body, kyphometer on the X-Ray, cobb method) and also lack of significant difference between these three methods, we can say Iranian kyphometer is a valid device in measurement of thoracic kyphosis and soft tissues of the spine have no effect on the measurement by kyphometer.
Mahsa Hakimipour; Reza Rajabi; Hooman Minoonejad; Amin Reza Soltani
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Background and Aim: Measuring medial longitudinal arch of the foot is considered as the most important reference to identify foot disorders and to follow up treatment procedure and using footprint indexes is known as the most common method to evaluate medial longitudinal arch of foot. The aim of this ...
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Background and Aim: Measuring medial longitudinal arch of the foot is considered as the most important reference to identify foot disorders and to follow up treatment procedure and using footprint indexes is known as the most common method to evaluate medial longitudinal arch of foot. The aim of this study was to determine the reliability of Foot Photo Box in measuring selected footprint indexes. Materials and Methods: Design of Foot Photo Box was set based on a camera and image processing technique .In order to determine the reliability of the new device, 30 male and female subjects with the average age 25.33±3.08 years, the weight 61.53±9.6 Kg, the height 168.23±9.16 cm and the body mass index 21.70±2.32 were randomly selected among the statistical population .Measurement of the footprints were repeated for 3 continuous days. To determine the reliability of the foot photo box, interclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) and standard error of measurement (SEM) were used and significant level set at pResults: Interclass correlation coefficient between the 3 measurements of all footprint indexes was very strong (high). Staheli index was the most reliable index (ICC=0/96), and further the arch index (ICC=0.95), chippaux-smirak index (ICC=0.95), and footprint index (ICC=0.94) also can be considered as a reliable one. Conclusion:Results of this research showed that Foot Photo Box is a reliable devise in measuring common footprint indexes; therefore using this device is suggested for accurate and rapid measurement of footprint indexes in clinical and research centers.
