RT Journal Article
T1 Accelerometry in the Functional Assessment of Balance in People with Stroke: A Systematic Review
A1 Pérez López, Juan Francisco
A1 Cano de la Cuerda, Roberto
A1 Rosa María Ortiz Gutiérrez, 
A1 Ortiz Gutiérrez, Rosa
AB Balance disturbances in people with lived experience of stroke affect activities of daily living and social participation, so assessing them is essential to know the level of functional independence. Accelerometers are electronic devices that allow kinematic variables of balance to be recorded and are a tool of great interest in the assessment of functional balance. To determine the validity and reliability of, as well as the most performed protocols using accelerometers in the functional assessment of balance in people with experience of stroke, a systematic search of articles published in the electronic databases PubMed, Scopus, the Web of Science, the Cochrane Library, the PEDro and the Virtual Health Library from Spain was performed following the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis) guidelines. We used QUADAS-2 to assess the quality of the included studies. Eight studies met the inclusion criteria, two studied reliability and validity, two studied reliability and four studied the validity of accelerometers in the assessment of balance in people with stroke. All studies indicated the kind of accelerometer, localization on the body, tests and outcome variables. The results indicate that accelerometers show excellent reliability values in the assessment of balance in people who had a prior stroke and disparate results in terms of validity. Triaxial accelerometers were most used, and the 4th and 5th lumbar and 1st and 2nd sacral vertebrae were the body areas most used for their placement.
PB MDPI
SN 2077-0383
YR 2023
FD 2023-12-15
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/103519
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/103519
LA eng
NO Pérez-López, J.F.; Cano-de-la-Cuerda, R.; Ortiz-Gutiérrez, R.M. Accelerometry in the Functional Assessment of Balance in People with Stroke: A Systematic Review. J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12, 7701. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12247701
NO 2022 Descuento MDPI
DS Docta Complutense
RD 7 abr 2025