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  • Design and Construction of a Novel Low-Cost Device to Provide Feedback on Manually Applied Forces

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    Tuttle, Neil
    Jacuinde, Guillermo
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    Tuttle, Neil A.
    Jacuinde, Guillermo
    Year published
    2011
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    STUDY DESIGN: Design and evaluation, technical note. OBJECTIVES: To describe the design of a simple, low-cost device for providing feedback of manually applied forces to the cervical spine, and to assess the device against specific design criteria. BACKGROUND: The forces applied during manual therapy may vary by as much as 500% between practitioners. But consistency can be improved in students when they are provided with contemporaneous feedback. The current methods of providing feedback, however, are expensive, complex, and/or preclude their performance in a clinically relevant manner. METHODS: The design of the device was ...
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    STUDY DESIGN: Design and evaluation, technical note. OBJECTIVES: To describe the design of a simple, low-cost device for providing feedback of manually applied forces to the cervical spine, and to assess the device against specific design criteria. BACKGROUND: The forces applied during manual therapy may vary by as much as 500% between practitioners. But consistency can be improved in students when they are provided with contemporaneous feedback. The current methods of providing feedback, however, are expensive, complex, and/or preclude their performance in a clinically relevant manner. METHODS: The design of the device was assessed in accordance of the following criteria: (1) ease of use, (2) low cost, (3) minimal interference with technique, (4) ability to provide feedback with suitable accuracy at forces up to 50 N, and (5) no requirement of specialized skills to construct. RESULTS: A device is described that interfaces with standard computers through the sound card and measures force, using thin, low-cost, force-sensing resistors. Evaluated against the design criteria, the device (1) is easy to set-up and use, (2) can be produced for under $30 US dollars, (3) creates minimal interference with performance of a variety of techniques, (4) has limits of agreement from -3.8 to 4.2 N for forces of 5 to 45 N and repeatability coefficients of Ხ0 N or 12%, and (5) can be constructed without specialized skills or knowledge. CONCLUSION: A device is described that fulfills most of the design criteria for providing feedback on forces for physical therapy students and may have applications in other fields.
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    Journal Title
    Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy
    Volume
    41
    Issue
    3
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.2519/jospt.2011.3461
    Copyright Statement
    © 2011 Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy. Reproduced with permission of the Orthopaedic Section and the Sports Physical Therapy Section of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Clinical sciences
    Physiotherapy
    Sports science and exercise
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/40062
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