Precision and repeatability analysis of a motion analysis system for traction therapy

  • Authors

    • Se Jin Park
    • Murali Subramaniyam
    • Seung Nam Min
    • Seoung Eun Kim
    • Sikyung Kim
    2018-03-19
    https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i2.8.10349
  • Medical Device, Extension Therapy, Rehabilitation, Cervical Spine.

  • Abstract

    Neck pain or cervical pain is most common in individuals who are all working in seated postures for prolonged period of time, example computer users. The pain caused by extreme postural positions including forward head postures and extension angle maintained in cervical. The use of cervical vertebra traction therapy has increased as a part of rehabilitation medicine. However, lack of usability standard in this traction therapy i.e., the exact instructions on how to choose the traction force and location are unclear. To fix this issue, first, the cervical spine traction system analysing the change of cervical spine depending on the traction location has been investigated. Motion analysis systems are widely used to measure the changes in the body part movement. However, the precision and repeatability of motion analysis systems are not much studied. In this paper, the precision and repeatability of a three-dimensional (3D) motion analysis system (i.e., NDI’s Optotrak Certus (OC)) is evaluated with developed 3D robot for traction therapy as an application example. The 3D robot quantitated the accuracy and precision of the system regarding angle and distance. Angle and distance among markers showed good agreement between measurements, and comparable measures of precision reported. Experimental results demonstrate a measure of precision and repeatability for the movement of the patients on the cervical traction system; hence the repeatability was satisfactory.

  • References

    1. [1] Lee OJ, Kim HH, So KS, Kim SN, Cho NG. Clinical study on soft cervical disc herniation. The Acupuncture. 2004;21(4):85-92.

      [2] Côté P, Cassidy JD, Carroll L. The Saskatchewan health and back pain survey: the prevalence of neck pain and related disability in Saskatchewan adults. Spine. 1998 Aug 1;23(15):1689-98. https://doi.org/10.1097/00007632-199808010-00015.

      [3] HU Y, XIE H, YANG SH. Utilization of three-dimensional finite element method in spinal biomechanics [J]. Journal of Medical Biomechanics. 2006;3:017.

      [4] YU HQ, GU SX, LI M, DING ZQ, YANG XM, FANG XT. Three-dimensional finite element model of the scoliotic spine for biomechanical study of scoliosis [J]. Journal of Medical Biomechanics. 2008;23(2):136-9.

      [5] Patel AA, Whang PG, Vaccaro AR. Overview of computer-assisted image-guided surgery of the spine. InSeminars in Spine Surgery 2008 Sep 30 (Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 186-194). WB Saunders.

      [6] Traub J, Sielhorst T, Heining SM, Navab N. Advanced display and visualization concepts for image guided surgery. Journal of Display Technology. 2008 Dec 1;4(4):483-90. https://doi.org/10.1109/JDT.2008.2006510.

      [7] Bovim G, Schrader H, Sand T. Neck pain in the general population. Spine. 1994 Jun 1;19(12):1307-9. https://doi.org/10.1097/00007632-199406000-00001.

      [8] Lee H, Nicholson LL, Adams RD. Cervical range of motion associations with subclinical neck pain. Spine. 2004 Jan 1;29(1):33-40. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.BRS.0000103944.10408.BA.

      [9] Li Q, Zamorano L, Jiang Z, Gong JX, Pandya A, Perez R, Diaz F. Effect of optical digitizer selection on the application accuracy of a surgical localization system—a quantitative comparison between the OPTOTRAK: and flashpoint tracking systems. Computer Aided Surgery. 1999 Jan 1;4(6):314-21.

      [10] Richards JG. The measurement of human motion: a comparison of commercially available systems. Human movement science. 1999 Oct 31;18(5):589-602. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-9457(99)00023-8.

      [11] Currier DP. Elements of research in physical therapy. Williams & Wilkins; 1984.

      [12] Allard P, Stokes IA, Blanchi JP. Three-dimensional analysis of human movement. Human Kinetics Publishers; 1995.

      [13] Glossop N, Hu R. Assessment of vertebral body motion during spine surgery. Spine. 1997 Apr 15;22(8):903-9. https://doi.org/10.1097/00007632-199704150-00014.

      [14] States RA. Two simple methods for improving the reliability of joint center locations. Clinical Biomechanics. 1997 Sep 1;12(6):367-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0268-0033(97)00025-9.

      [15] Lee RY. MatLab program for repeatability analysis of waveform data. Computer software]. Retrieve from http://biomech. brighton. ac. uk/help/cmc. 2006.

      [16] Portney LG, Watkins MP. Foundations of clinical research: application to practice. Stamford, USA: Appleton & Lange. 1993.

      [17] Hislop HJ. Modern instrumentation and its implications for physical therapy. Journal of the American Physical Therapy Association. 1963 Apr;43:257-62. https://doi.org/10.1093/ptj/43.4.257.

      [18] Neter J, Kutner MH, Nachtsheim CJ, Wasserman W. Applied linear statistical models. Chicago: Irwin; 1996 Feb.

      [19] Kadaba MP, Ramakrishnan HK, Wootten ME, Gainey J, Gorton G, Cochran GV. Repeatability of kinematic, kinetic, and electromyographic data in normal adult gait. Journal of Orthopaedic Research. 1989 Nov 1;7(6):849-60. https://doi.org/10.1002/jor.1100070611.

      [20] Growney E, Meglan D, Johnson M, Cahalan T, An KN. Repeated measures of adult normal walking using a video tracking system. Gait & Posture. 1997 Oct 31; 6(2):147-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0966-6362(97)01114-4.

      [21] Matsumoto N, Hong J, Hashizume M, Komune S. A minimally invasive registration method using surface template-assisted marker positioning (STAMP) for image-guided otologic surgery. Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery. 2009 Jan; 140(1):96-102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.otohns.2008.10.005.

      [22] Dunleavy K, Neil J, Tallon A, Adamo DE. Reliability and validity of cervical position measurements in individuals with and without chronic neck pain. Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy. 2015 Sep 1; 23(4):188-96. https://doi.org/10.1179/2042618614Y.0000000070.

      [23] Rossignol AM, Morse EP, Summers VM, Pagnotto LD. Video display terminal use and reported health symptoms among Massachusetts clerical workers. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 1987 Feb 1;29(2):112-8.

      [24] Szeto GP, Straker L, Raine S. A field comparison of neck and shoulder postures in symptomatic and asymptomatic office workers. Applied ergonomics. 2002 Jan 31;33(1):75-84. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0003-6870(01)00043-6.

      [25] Szeto GP, Straker LM, O’Sullivan PB. A comparison of symptomatic and asymptomatic office workers performing monotonous keyboard work—1: neck and shoulder muscle recruitment patterns. Manual therapy. 2005 Nov 30;10(4):270-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.math.2005.01.004.

      [26] Haughie LJ, Fiebert IM, Roach KE. Relationship of forward head posture and cervical backward bending to neck pain. Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy. 1995 Jan 1;3(3):91-7. https://doi.org/10.1179/jmt.1995.3.3.91.

      [27] Shiau YY, Chai HM. Body posture and hand strength of patients with temporomandibular disorder. CRANIO®. 1990 Jul 1;8(3):244-51. https://doi.org/10.1080/08869634.1990.11678318.

      [28] Silva AG, Punt TD, Sharples P, Vilas-Boas JP, Johnson MI. Head posture and neck pain of chronic nontraumatic origin: a comparison between patients and pain-free persons. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation. 2009 Apr 30;90(4):669-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2008.10.018.

      [29] States RA, Pappas E. Precision and repeatability of the Optotrak 3020 motion measurement system. Journal of medical engineering & technology. 2006 Jan 1;30(1):11-6. https://doi.org/10.1080/03091900512331304556.

      [30] Mazumder MM, Kim S, Park SJ. Precision and repeatability analysis of Optotrak Certus as a tool for gait analysis utilizing a 3D robot. Journal of Engineering and Technology Research. 2011 Feb 28;3(2):37-43.

      [31] Mazumder MM, Kim S, Park SJ, Lee J. Precision and repeatability analysis of Optotrak Certus as a tool for gait analysis. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 2007 Jan 1;40(16):107-12.

      B. S. Sreekar Reddy, Pesaru Vigneshwar, E.V.Ratan Deepu, K.Naveenkumar, Dr.Ch. Ratnam, “A Hybrid Evolutionary Algorithm Approach to Multi-Objective Flexible Job shop Problemâ€, International Innovative Research Journal of Engineering and Technology. Vol: 2, Issue

  • Downloads

  • How to Cite

    Jin Park, S., Subramaniyam, M., Nam Min, S., Eun Kim, S., & Kim, S. (2018). Precision and repeatability analysis of a motion analysis system for traction therapy. International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 7(2.8), 156-160. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i2.8.10349

    Received date: 2018-03-19

    Accepted date: 2018-03-19

    Published date: 2018-03-19