Toward more reliable stability measurements in stance: recommendations for number of measurements, foot position and feedback -- a cross-sectional study among servicemen

Saskia Maria Theresia van der Heijden; Maarten Reinders Prins; Peter van der Wurff

doi:10.1186/s40779-019-0212-y

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Toward more reliable stability measurements in stance: recommendations for number of measurements, foot position and feedback -- a cross-sectional study among servicemen

RESEARCH | Updated：2023-06-05

- Toward more reliable stability measurements in stance: recommendations for number of measurements, foot position and feedback -- a cross-sectional study among servicemen
- Military Medical Research Vol. 7, Issue 2, Pages: 199-208(2020)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Physical Therapy Sciences, Program in Clinical Health Sciences, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
  2.Research and Development, Military Rehabilitation Center Aardenburg, Korte Molenweg 3, 3941PW Doorn, The Netherlands
  3.Department of Human Movement Sciences, Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Amsterdam Movement Sciences, 1081BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  4.Institute for Human Movement Studies, HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, 3584CS Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  * P.van.der.Wurff@mrcdoorn.nl
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- DOI：10.1186/s40779-019-0212-y
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- Published：2020-06
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Cite this article as: Heijden et al.: Toward more reliable stability measurements in stance: recommendations for number of measurements, foot position and feedback -- a cross-sectional study among servicemen. Mil Med Res, 2019, 6: 21
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Cite this article as: Heijden et al.: Toward more reliable stability measurements in stance: recommendations for number of measurements, foot position and feedback -- a cross-sectional study among servicemen. Mil Med Res, 2019, 6: 21 DOI： 10.1186/s40779-019-0212-y.

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Abstract

Background:

In the military

insufficient postural stability is a risk factor for developing lower extremity injuries. Postural stability training programs are effective in preventing these injuries. However

an objective method for the measurement of postural stability in servicemen is lacking. The primary objective of this study was to assess the influence of the number of repetitions

different foot positions and real-time visual feedback on postural stability

as well as their effects on the intrasession reliability of postural stability measurements in servicemen. The secondary objective was to assess the concurrent validity of the measurements.

Methods:

Twenty healthy servicemen between 20 and 50 years of age and in active duty were eligible for this quantitative

cross-sectional study. The measurements took place on a force plate

measuring the mean velocity of the center of pressure. The participants were asked to stand as still as possible in three different foot positions (wide stance

small stance

and on one leg)

five times each for 45 s each time

and the measurements were performed with and without real-time visual feedback.

Results:

We observed a significant main effect of foot position (

0.001)

but not of visual feedback (

=0.119) or repetition number (

=0.915). Postural stability decreased in the more challenging foot positions. The ICC estimates varied from 0.809 (one repetition in wide stance) to 0.985 (five repetitions on one leg). The common variance (

) between different foot positions without feedback varied between 0.008 (wide stance) and 0.412.

Conclusions:

To yield reliable data

wide-stance measurements should be conducted three times

and small-stance measurements and measurements on one leg should be conducted two times. The scores of a measurement in a particular foot position cannot predict the scores of measurements in other foot positions.

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