Designing, Fabricating, and Testing the Validity and Reliability of the Digital Headband for Cervical Proprioception Assessment: A Descriptive Study

Beyranvand, Ramin; Hosseini, Seyed Mohammad; Mirnasouri, Rahim; Abdipour Monfared, Mohammad Hosein

doi:10.52547/jrums.21.9.911

Volume 21, Issue 9 (12-2022) JRUMS 2022, 21(9): 911-922 | Back to browse issues page

‎ 10.52547/jrums.21.9.911

‎ 20.1001.1.17353165.1401.21.9.2.5

Ethics code: IR.LUMS.REC.1399.386

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Beyranvand R, Hosseini S M, Mirnasouri R, Abdipour Monfared M H. Designing, Fabricating, and Testing the Validity and Reliability of the Digital Headband for Cervical Proprioception Assessment: A Descriptive Study. JRUMS 2022; 21 (9) :911-922
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Designing, Fabricating, and Testing the Validity and Reliability of the Digital Headband for Cervical Proprioception Assessment: A Descriptive Study

Ramin Beyranvand

, Seyed Mohammad Hosseini

, Rahim Mirnasouri

, Mohammad Hosein Abdipour Monfared

Lorestan University

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Background and Objectives: Accuracy of proprioceptive input plays an important role in cervical motor control. Several methods have been used to evaluate the accuracy of proprioceptive input as a factor of cervical injury prevention or rehabilitation. The aim of this study was to introduce a new tool for evaluating the accuracy of cervical proprioception and determine its validity and reliability.
Materials and Methods: In this descriptive study, 40 men aged 18-60 years were selected as subjects based on inclusion and exclusion criteria, and their cervical repositioning errors were evaluated by using Digital Headband and Cervical Range of Motion (CROM) device as a gold standard in measuring cervical angles. After collecting the required information, Pearson’s correlation coefficient and intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC) were used in order to determine the validity and intra-rater and inter-rater reliability, respectively.
Results: The results showed that Digital Headband has a very high validity (r: 0.84-0.89) and great intra-rater and inter-rater reliability (ICC: 0.89-0.94 and ICC: 0.87-0.93, respectively) for assessing the accuracy of cervical proprioception (p<0.05).
Conclusion: Digital Headband as an accurate, cost-effective, and easy-to-use tool, providing cervical proprioceptive information in the shortest time, can be a good alternative to other methods of cervical proprioception assessment.
Key words: Digital Headband, Proprioception, Neck, Validity, Reliability

Funding: This study was funded by Lorestan University of Medical Sciences.
Conflict of interest: None declared.
Ethical approval: The Ethics Committee of Lorestan University of Medical Sciences approved the study (IR.LUMS.REC.1399.386).
How to cite this article: Beyranvand Ramin, Hosseini Seyed Mohammad, Mirnasouri Rahim, Abdipour Monfared Mohammad Hossein. Designing, Fabricating, and Testing the Validity and Reliability of the Digital Headband for Cervical Proprioception Assessment: A Descriptive Study. J Rafsanjan Univ Med Sci 2022; 21 (9): 911-22. [Farsi]

Keywords: Digital Headband, Proprioception, Neck, Validity, Reliability