Reliability of the Frontal Plane Knee Alignment Measurement Based on a Remote Protocol

Authors

  • Karina Rodrigues Mauro School of Physical Education, University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Laura de Menezes Cantusio School of Physical Education, University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Karina Guimarães de Brito Menezes School of Physical Education, University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Karine Jacon Sarro School of Physical Education, University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/ijt.2022.6506

Keywords:

Dynamic knee valgus, Kinematics, Movement evaluation, Functional test

Abstract

Introduction: The analysis of movement quality is important for better exercise prescription. This study tested the reproducibility of a protocol for remote assessment of dynamic knee alignment using images taken by patients. Methods: Thirteen women filmed themselves performing single-leg squats on two days at a 15-day interval. Three raters measured the knee frontal plane projection angle using the resultant images. Results: Two participants (15.4%) were excluded for not performing the protocol correctly. The intraclass correlation coefficient was between 0.880 and 0.999 for the intra-rater comparison, and between 0.817 and 0.987 for the inter-rater comparison. Discussion: The success of the protocol in 84.6% of participants and the excellent reproducibility suggest that the methodology of analyzing patient-captured cell phone images might be a plausible alternative for remote evaluation of dynamic knee alignment.

  

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2022-12-13

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Mauro, K. R., de Menezes Cantusio, L., Guimarães de Brito Menezes, K., & Jacon Sarro, K. (2022). Reliability of the Frontal Plane Knee Alignment Measurement Based on a Remote Protocol. International Journal of Telerehabilitation, 14(2). https://doi.org/10.5195/ijt.2022.6506

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Vol. 14 No. 2 (2022)

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