Use of Softwares for Posture Assessment: Integrative Review

Abstract

To carry out an integrative literature review on the postural analysis softwares available today. It is an integrative-narrative review of qualitative and methodological nature performed during April-July 2014. As inclusion criteria, the articles should be bibliographical or original research and available with full access. At first, we proceeded to the identification of the keywords for the softwares related to postural assessment commonly used in the health field, in such case "posture", "software", and "postural assessment". The search was narrowed by publication date from 2002 to 2014. Through the information acquired from the articles and from the software developers, information on 12 programs that assist the postural evaluation were obtained - Alcimage, All Body Scan 3D, Aplob, APPID, Biotonix, Corporis Pro, Fisimetrix, Fisiometer Posturograma, Physical Fisio, Physio Easy, Posture Print and SAPO. However, only one tool has more information and studies, namely SAPO. There are many postural analysis softwares available on the internet today, however, these are quite disparate in relation to possible answers and are still poorly widespread as research tools.

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“…Por conta ainda de sua importância clínica, Portney et al [5] destacaram que a avaliação postural do indivíduo deve ser incluída no processo avaliativo. Existem diversos métodos de análise postural, Oliveira et al [6] e Camelo et al [7] descreveram a fotogrametria computadorizada como uma das principais ferramentas atuais, sendo utilizada como auxílio durante o exame físico para quantificar alterações posturais e alterações no equilíbrio estático, além de ser um instrumento básico para prática clínica e como instrumento de pesquisa.…”

Mobile Applications for Assessing Human Posture: A Systematic Literature Review

“…Researchers have also investigated reference values for postural alignment [7] and compared them by analyzing their applicability, similarities and differences [13]. Among the reviews involving postural assessment methods, we highlight the studies by Porto et al [14] and Aroeira et al [15], which conducted reviews on computational methods for postural assessment. However, research questions in those studies did not cover assessment methods based on mobile applications.…”

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“…Software may be useful to carry out quantitative forward head posture (FHP) assessment in clinical practice [1]. These software applications measure linear distances and angles in relation to the anatomic reference point on digital images to determine FHP [2].…”

“…On the other hand, angle-based FHP evaluation has been found to be a valid and reliable method using software application [2]. A variety of posture assessment software (Alcimage, software for posture assessment-SAPO, digital image-based postural assessment, all body 3D scan, Biotonix, corporis pro, Fish matrix, Fisiometer Posturogram, physical physio, physio easy, posture print, and posture assessment based on digital imaging [APPID]) have been reported in the literature for FHP evaluation [1]. However, most of these software are expensive and needs trained personnel to operate, and is not available in English language.…”