Validation of a scoliometer smartphone app to assess scoliosis

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Franko, Orrin I ^a   Bray, Christopher ^b   Newton, Peter O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

app; iPhone; mobile; scoligauge; scoliometer; scoliosis; smartphone; technology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVICES; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOMETER SMARTPHONE APP; SCOLIOSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CELLULAR PHONE; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCOLIOSIS; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84870035120     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: 15392570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e31826bb109     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Boulos MN, Wheeler S, Tavares C, et al. How smartphones are changing the face of mobile and participatory healthcare: an overview, with example from eCAALYX. Biomed Eng Online. 2011;10:24.
2. Franko OI. Smartphone apps for orthopaedic surgeons. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2011;469:2042-2048.
3. Kiser K. 25 ways to use your smartphone. Physicians share their favorite uses and apps. Minn Med. 2011;94:22-29.
4. Ockendon M. Scoligauge, Apple App Store; 2011.
5. Bunnell WP. Inventor scoliosis screening device. United States of America patent 5, 181, 525. January 26, 1993.
6. Cote P, Kreitz BG, Cassidy JD, et al. A study of the diagnostic accuracy and reliability of the scoliometer and Adam's forward bend test. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 1998;23:796-802; discussion 3.
7. Amendt LE, Ause-Ellias KL, Eybers JL, et al. Validity and reliability testing of the scoliometer. Phys Ther. 1990;70:108-117.
8. Bonagamba GH, Coelho DM, Oliveira AS. Inter and intrarater reliability of the scoliometer. Rev Bras Fisioter. 2010;14:432-438.
9. Grossman TW, Mazur JM, Cummings RJ. An evaluation of the Adams forward bend test and the scoliometer in a scoliosis school screening setting. J Pediatr Orthop. 1995;15:535-538.
10. Murrell GA, Coonrad RW, Moorman CT 3rd, et al. An assessment of the reliability of the scoliometer. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 1993;18:709-712. (Pubitemid 23154430)
11. Mubarak SJ, Wyatt MP, Leach J. Evaluation of the intra-examiner reliability of the scoliometer in measuring trunk rotation. Orthop Trans. 1984;9:113-114.
12. Bunnell WP. An objective criterion for scoliosis screening. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1984;66:1381-1387. (Pubitemid 15177125)
13. Franko OI, Tirrell TF. Smartphone app use among medical providers in ACGME training programs. J Med Syst. 2011. [Epub ahead of print].