PHYSIOTHERAPISTS QUESTIONNAIRE

YOU MEASURE THE PATIENT'S KINEMATIC PARAMETERS TO:

MEASURING KINEMATIC PARAMETERS LEADS TO:

DO YOU USE PROMS (Patient Reported Outcomes Measure) FOR YOUR DECISION MAKING AND TO DRAFT YOUR REHABILITATION PLAN?

DO YOU PAIR MEASUREMENTS MADE WITH SPECIFIC DEVICES WITH YOUR ASSESSMENT, PATIENT SELF-ASSESSMENT MEASURES, AND PATIENT-REPORTED MEASURES?

WHEN EVALUATING JOINTS, HOW USEFUL DO YOU THINK IT IS TO BREAK DOWN THE MOVEMENT INTO ITS DIMENSIONS? WHEN EVALUATING, FOR EXAMPLE, A SHOULDER FLEXION, DO YOU THINK IT IS USEFUL TO KNOW HOW MUCH THE SAME MOVEMENT OCCURS IN THE THREE PLANES IN ORDER TO DECIDE HOW TO PERFORM, FOR EXAMPLE, MANUAL THERAPY TECHNIQUES AND HOW TO SET THE PARAMETERS OF THE THERAPEUTIC EXERCISE?

IN THE STUDY OF MOVEMENT, DO YOU THINK THE MEASUREMENT OVER TIME OF RANGE OF MOTIONS (EXCURSION OF THE JOINT OF INTEREST AND ITS COMPONENTS IN THE PLANES INVOLVED) IS CRITICAL TO UNDERSTANDING OVER TIME HOW A PATIENT'S MOTOR CONTROL VARIES DUE TO FATIGUE?

MEASURING VALUES SUCH AS ANGULAR VELOCITIES, LINEAR VELOCITIES, ANGULAR ACCELERATIONS, AND LINEAR ACCELERATIONS ALLOWS YOU TO GIVE A MEASURE OF THE MUSCULAR QUALITY OF THE MOVEMENT IN TERMS OF STRENGTH FOR MOVEMENTS REPEATED FOR A SHORT TIME BASED ON THE FREQUENCY OF THE MOVEMENT ITSELF, IN TERMS OF ENDURANCE FOR MOVEMENTS REPEATED FOR A LONG TIME BASED ON THE FREQUENCY OF THE MOVEMENT ITSELF. IN YOUR CLINICAL PRACTICE, HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS OR WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN USING THIS APPROACH?

DUE TO THE MINIATURIZATION OF INERTIAL SENSORS, IMU (INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT) BASED MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEMS ARE BEING DEVELOPED, DO YOU HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE WITH THEM YET?

HOW USEFUL DO YOU THINK GAIT ANALYSIS IS IN ASSESSING THE BURDEN OF MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDER ON A PATIENT'S QUALITY OF LIFE?

INERTIAL SENSORS ARE ELECTRONIC DEVICES THAT MEASURE ACCELERATIONS, ANGULAR VELOCITIES, GRAVITATIONAL FORCES AND MAGNETIC FIELD BY COMBINING ACCELEROMETERS, GYROSCOPES AND MAGNETOMETERS. WITH RESPECT TO THE STEP CYCLE, INERTIAL SENSORS ALLOW YOU TO MEASURE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE LENGTH (AVERAGE AND PEAK) OF THE STEP, THE HEIGHT (AVERAGE AND PEAK) OF THE STEP, THE VERTICAL OSCILLATION (AVERAGE AND PEAK), VALUES THAT OVER TIME TAKE ON A DIFFERENT WEIGHT BASED ON AGE, PATHOLOGY OF THE PATIENT AND THE PHASE OF THE REHABILITATION PATH. WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN HAVING SUCH INFORMATION FROM IMU IN YOUR DAILY CLINICAL PRACTICE?

ALTERATIONS IN MOVEMENT CONTROL MAKE KEEPING THE BODY IN BALANCE A CHALLENGE, GAINING HIGH PRIORITY DURING REHABILITATION. ADKIN ET AL. DEMONSTRATED THE IMPORTANCE OF ACCURATELY DETECTING FRONTAL AND LATERAL FLEXION OF THE LOWER TRUNK OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME WHILE THE SUBJECT IS STATIONARY TO DETERMINE PATIENT AUTONOMY IN ORDER TO DETECT THE PRESENCE OF POSTURAL INSTABILITY. FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE, DO YOU CONSIDER THIS POSSIBILITY GIVEN BY ACCELEROMETERS AN OPPORTUNITY?

IN PHYSIOTHERAPY, GAIT ANALYSIS USING TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS IMU AND OPTOELECTRONICS ARE GAINING AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT ROLE: IN YOUR PRACTICE, DO YOU PREFER TO GO TO A MAL OR MEASURE WITH DEVICES?

WITH DEVICES MEASURES, WHICH LIMITATIONS DO YOU FIND IN THE USE OF IMU, FOR EXAMPLE THE NEED TO ASSOCIATE VIDEOS TO IMU DATA TO RECONSTRUCT MOMENTS, ASSOCIATE TO GESTURES, RECONSTRUCT DISTANCES, CAN YOU INDICATE OTHERS?

WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT OUTPUTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE FROM A PROFESSIONAL HUMAN MOVEMENT DEVICE TO SUPPORT YOUR CLINICAL DECISIONS?