A Method for Quantitative Evaluation of the Results of Postural Tests

V M Alifirova; K S Brazovskii; I A Zhukova; Ya S Pekker; I V Tolmachev; V A Fokin

doi:10.1007/s10517-016-3433-z

A Method for Quantitative Evaluation of the Results of Postural Tests

Bull Exp Biol Med. 2016 Jul;161(3):439-41. doi: 10.1007/s10517-016-3433-z. Epub 2016 Aug 5.

Authors

V M Alifirova¹, K S Brazovskii¹, I A Zhukova¹, Ya S Pekker¹, I V Tolmachev^{1

2}, V A Fokin^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Siberian State Medical University, Tomsk, Russia.
² Tomsk National Research State University, Tomsk, Russia.
³ Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Siberian State Medical University, Tomsk, Russia. [email protected].
⁴ Tomsk National Research State University, Tomsk, Russia. [email protected].

PMID: 27492397
DOI: 10.1007/s10517-016-3433-z

Abstract

A method for quantitative evaluation of the results of postural tests is proposed. The method is based on contact-free measurements of 3D coordinates of body point movements. The result can serve as an integral test based on the Mahalanobis distance.

Keywords: postural tests; quantitative evaluation of balance.

MeSH terms

Humans
Models, Theoretical*
Movement / physiology
Postural Balance / physiology
Posture / physiology
Task Performance and Analysis