Effectiveness of the baropodometer for postural evaluation detection
International Journal of Development Research
Effectiveness of the baropodometer for postural evaluation detection
Received 19th December, 2018, Received in revised form 24th January, 2019, Accepted 11th February, 2019, Published online 31st March, 2019.
Copyright © 2019, Fernanda Guerreiro de Paula et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The aim of this manuscript was to investigate the effectiveness of the baropodometer in postural evaluation. Problems in the postural system lead to physical imbalance in which unleashes a functional overload generating dysfunctions. Research results have shown that the baropodometer is able to provide data on postural control through information obtained from plantar pressure.Within this context, we carried out an exploratory bibliographical research considering the publications in Portuguese and English in the last 15 years, involving qualitative and quantitative articles, experience reports, books and dissertations.The results obtained in our study showed that the baropodometer has the potential to be used as a complementary tool in the postural evaluation, since it is not invasive and has good precision and can contribute effectively to the treatment.
