Research article - (2025)24, 154 - 159
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.52082/jssm.2025.154
Reliability of Dynamic Balance Test with A Mobile Application of Physics Toolbox Suite
Erdem Atalay1,, Ebru Turan Kızıldoğan2
1Department of Sports Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Türkiye
2Medical Services and Techniques Department, Vocational School of Health Services, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Türkiye

Erdem Atalay
✉ Department of Sports Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Türkiye
Email: erdematalay@ogu.edu.tr
Received: 09-01-2025 -- Accepted: 31-01-2025
Published (online): 01-03-2025

ABSTRACT

Although mobile applications are used as an alternative to expensive and difficult to access systems used to evaluate dynamic balance, existing applications have some shortcomings. This study aimed to evaluate the reliability of the Physics Toolbox Suite mobile application, which can obtain objective data for dynamic balance measurements in healthy adults, shorten the duration of measurements, and minimize the number of measurement equipment. The dynamic balance of 22 university students (9 male, 13 female, aged 20.3 (± 1.13 years)) was evaluated using the Physics Toolbox Suite mobile application in three test sessions with a 1-week interval. Anterior-posterior stability index (APSI), medial-lateral stability index (MLS), and overall stability index (OSI) of dynamic balance were calculated. Interclass Correlation Coefficients (ICC), Minimal Detectable Change (MDC), Standard Error of Measurement (SEM), and Coefficient of Variation for SEM (CVSEM) were evaluated as indicators of intra- and inter-rater reliability. The mean APSI, MLSI, and OSI scores (Standard deviation) were 2.59 (0.69), 2.21 (0.68), and 3.58 (0.94), respectively. In the evaluation made with the Physics Toolbox Suite mobile application, APSI scores had good intra-rater (ICC(3,1) = 0.67) and inter-rater reliability (ICC(3,1) = 0.73), MLSI scores had high intra-rater (ICC(3,1) = 0.90) with good inter-rater reliability (ICC(3,1) = 0.71), and OSI scores had high intra- rater (ICC(3,1) = 0.87) with good inter-rater reliability (ICC(3,1) = 0.73). The Physics Toolbox Suite Mobile Application can be used as a reliable objective tool to assess dynamic balance among healthcare professionals and athletes.

Key words: Balance test, dynamic balance, smartphone application, reliability

Key Points
  • Dynamic balance assessment is a commonly used in injury prevention and sports rehabilitation.
  • Mobile applications are used as an alternative to costly systems in dynamic balance assessment, but there is a need for applications that provide more objective and reliable measurements.
  • The Physics Toolbox Suite mobile application is a reliable measurement method for assessing dynamic balance.








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