Hello again,
I just read Bobs comment:
>>>>
I think there might be a
tendency for some practitioners to rely on these systems rather than their
own experience/ knowledge/diagnostic skills. The equipment produces data,
not a clinical diagnosis and is another useful tool which can help in
patient management.
>>>>
This is very true indeed and I can only reiterate and shout that this is a
VERY IMPORTANT comment. I know that pressure systems are used in shoe
stores by non qualified personal who rely on their intuition or the
diagnostic hints from the system software in order to present so called
scientific shoe advise. Or podiatrists who back their clinical conclusions
with pressure data but are not looking beyond the colorful foot prints on
the screen, displaying only maximal pressure and the COP curve.
And the comment above is more true for pressure measurement systems in
comparison with kinetic analyses producing data which are more straight
forward and easy to interpret. Pressure data are far more tricky and
should, in my view, always be complemented with kinelatic data in order to
come to justifiable and a balanced conclusions.
Regards to all,
Bart
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Bart Van Gheluwe
Laboratory of Biomechanics
Vrije Universiteit Brussel -Fac. LK
Vakgroep BIOM
Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussel, Belgium
Tel.: 02/629.27.33 (31)
Fax: 02/629.27.36
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