Diagnosis of Spinal Column Abnormalities by Image processing of Reflective Markers Set on Spinus Process

The aim of the present study was to introduce a non-invasive method (image processing) to measure lumbar lordosis and thoracic kyphosis. The advantages of this method are fast measurement and no direct contact with the subjects. For this purpose, 40 male students (age: 26±2 years old, weight: 72±2.5...

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Main Authors: mohammad yousefi, saeed Il Begi, naser Mehrshad, mohammadesmail afzalpoor
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Published: University of Tehran 2010-04-01
Series:Sport Sciences and Health Research
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description The aim of the present study was to introduce a non-invasive method (image processing) to measure lumbar lordosis and thoracic kyphosis. The advantages of this method are fast measurement and no direct contact with the subjects. For this purpose, 40 male students (age: 26±2 years old, weight: 72±2.5 kg, and height: 169±5.5 cm) volunteered to identify these advantages and the accuracy of the suggested method. The lumbar lordosis and thoracic kyphosis of all subjects were extracted and compared using the suggested method as well as the flexible ruler method (control). Findings of this research were analyzed by descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation coefficient. The results showed that the correlation of the suggested and flexible ruler methods to measure lumbar lordosis and thoracic kyphosis were 0.95 and 0.97 respectively. These results indicated that the suggested method could be used effectively to measure lumbar lordosis and thoracie kyphosis and was valid compared with the flexible ruler. So image processing method can be used as a non-invasive method along with the other methods.
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spelling doaj-art-ad1f3ab619e94c0b96c5ffae9abcb4f02025-08-20T02:31:08ZengUniversity of TehranSport Sciences and Health Research2981-02052010-04-0121738923337Diagnosis of Spinal Column Abnormalities by Image processing of Reflective Markers Set on Spinus Processmohammad yousefisaeed Il Beginaser Mehrshadmohammadesmail afzalpoorThe aim of the present study was to introduce a non-invasive method (image processing) to measure lumbar lordosis and thoracic kyphosis. The advantages of this method are fast measurement and no direct contact with the subjects. For this purpose, 40 male students (age: 26±2 years old, weight: 72±2.5 kg, and height: 169±5.5 cm) volunteered to identify these advantages and the accuracy of the suggested method. The lumbar lordosis and thoracic kyphosis of all subjects were extracted and compared using the suggested method as well as the flexible ruler method (control). Findings of this research were analyzed by descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation coefficient. The results showed that the correlation of the suggested and flexible ruler methods to measure lumbar lordosis and thoracic kyphosis were 0.95 and 0.97 respectively. These results indicated that the suggested method could be used effectively to measure lumbar lordosis and thoracie kyphosis and was valid compared with the flexible ruler. So image processing method can be used as a non-invasive method along with the other methods.https://sshr.ut.ac.ir/article_23337_97323652e1fcb789bd97c45645254491.pdfdiagnosis of abnormalitiesimage processingkyphosislordosisspinal column
spellingShingle mohammad yousefi
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Diagnosis of Spinal Column Abnormalities by Image processing of Reflective Markers Set on Spinus Process
Sport Sciences and Health Research
diagnosis of abnormalities
image processing
kyphosis
lordosis
spinal column
title Diagnosis of Spinal Column Abnormalities by Image processing of Reflective Markers Set on Spinus Process
title_full Diagnosis of Spinal Column Abnormalities by Image processing of Reflective Markers Set on Spinus Process
title_fullStr Diagnosis of Spinal Column Abnormalities by Image processing of Reflective Markers Set on Spinus Process
title_full_unstemmed Diagnosis of Spinal Column Abnormalities by Image processing of Reflective Markers Set on Spinus Process
title_short Diagnosis of Spinal Column Abnormalities by Image processing of Reflective Markers Set on Spinus Process
title_sort diagnosis of spinal column abnormalities by image processing of reflective markers set on spinus process
topic diagnosis of abnormalities
image processing
kyphosis
lordosis
spinal column
url https://sshr.ut.ac.ir/article_23337_97323652e1fcb789bd97c45645254491.pdf
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