THE CONCURRENT VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF THE SMARTPHONE MEASUREMENT APPLICATION TO EVALUATE ILIOTIBIAL BAND TIGHTNESS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY
JOURNAL OF BASIC AND CLINICAL HEALTH SCIENCES, cilt.8, sa.2, ss.349-357, 2024 (ESCI)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 8 Sayı: 2
- Basım Tarihi: 2024
- Doi Numarası: 10.30621/jbachs.1298818
- Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF BASIC AND CLINICAL HEALTH SCIENCES
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.349-357
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır
Özet
Purpose: In recent years, the medical use of smartphones has increased with the development of hardware. The study aims to evaluate the reliability and concurrent validity of iPhone (R) measurement application to measure iliotibial band tightness. Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. Thirty athletes with iliotibial band tightness (17 males, 13 females) between 20 and 45 years old were included and assessed in this study. The iliotibial band tightness was measured with Ober test using a bubble inclinometer and iPhone (R) measurement application and evaluated by two experienced physiotherapists. Three measurements were taken for both extremities using both the bubble inclinometer and the iPhone (R) measurement application by the researchers. The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was used to evaluate the reliability of each smartphone measurement, and Bland-Altman analysis was used to examine measurement errors. Results: The iPhone (R) measurement application has strong inter -rater (ICC=0.941) and intra-rater (ICC=0.986) reliability and concurrent validity (r=0.945) in measuring iliotibial band tightness. Conclusion: From the cross-sectional study's results, it can be concluded that the iPhone (R) measurement application possesses strong intra-rater and inter -rater reliability and concurrent validity and can be used for measuring iliotibial band tightness.