Video-based time assessment in 360 degrees turn Berg balance test

Patrycja Romaniszyn; Jacek Kawa; Paula Stępien; Agnieszka Nawrat-Szołtysik

doi:10.1016/j.compmedimag.2019.101689

Video-based time assessment in 360 degrees turn Berg balance test

Comput Med Imaging Graph. 2020 Mar:80:101689. doi: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2019.101689. Epub 2019 Dec 26.

Authors

Patrycja Romaniszyn¹, Jacek Kawa², Paula Stępien², Agnieszka Nawrat-Szołtysik³

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Roosevelta 40, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland. Electronic address: patrycja.romaniszyn@polsl.pl.
² Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Roosevelta 40, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland.
³ Department of Physiotherapy in Neurological and Musculoskeletal Disorders, The Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education in Katowice, Mikołowska 72A, 40-065 Katowice, Poland.

PMID: 31926365
DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2019.101689

Abstract

The Great Geriatric Problems include dementia syndromes, locomotion disorders, and falls. In geriatrics, one of the most commonly used methods for assessing the balance of seniors is the Berg Balance Scale (BBS). It is a set of 14 exercises that reflect daily activates. In this paper focused on the 11th Berg Balance Test, a novel method is introduced, based on the time of rotation calculated using the CamShift algorithm. The method is tested on 57 recordings of seniors. The average relative error of presented method is 4.74%, which refers to the average absolute error at the level of 0.83 s.

Keywords: 360 degree turn test; Balance assessment; Berg Balance Scale; Telegeriatrics.

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Algorithms*
Female
Geriatric Assessment*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Postural Balance / physiology*
Reproducibility of Results
Vestibular Function Tests*
Video Recording*