Preliminary Study About The Application Of Gravicorder For Weight-Shifting and-Bearing Exercise As a New Educational Device of Physiotherapists

Shinichi DAIKUYA; Yumi OKAYAMA; Masakazu MATSUOKA

doi:10.15621/ijphy/2023/v10i2/1321

Authors

Shinichi DAIKUYA Professor, Hokuriku University, Taiyogaoka, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-1181 Japan. e-mail: sh_daikuya@hokuriku-u.ac.jp
Yumi OKAYAMA Assistant Professor, Hokuriku University. Taiyogaoka, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-1181 Japan.
Masakazu MATSUOKA Director, REHASTAGE Co., Ltd. 2-7-3-202 Nipponbashi-Nishi, Naniwa, Osaka 556-0004 Japan. e-mail: matsuoka@rehastage-c.com

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15621/ijphy/2023/v10i2/1321

Keywords:

physiotherapy, education, weight-shifting guidance, weight-bearing exercise, physiotherapy education, years of experience.

Abstract

Background: To establish an objective evaluation of basic physiotherapy technique, we recorded a mechanical aspect during a lateral weight-shifting (WS) using gravicorder.
Methods: Subjects were 18 physiotherapists divided into three groups based on experience year. Our originally developed software converted center of gravity data during WS to 3-dimensional mechanical value.
Results: All direction data showed significantly lower in the long experience year group (p<0.05). The coefficient of variation was high vertical for all three groups.
Conclusion: In the group with more years of experience, it was confirmed that it was compactly implemented. In the vertical direction, it is thought to be implemented by empirical rules because there is no constant normal pattern or common recognition among physiotherapists.

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