Validity and Reliability of iPhone Application in Internal Rotation Measurement

Validity and Reliability of iPhone Application in Active Internal Rotation Measurement of Shoulder in Patients With Shoulder Pain

The validity and reliability of active internal rotation ROM measurement of shoulder with smartphone in patients with shoulder pain was investigated.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Shoulder Pain
• Intervention / Treatment: Diagnostic test: iHandy application; Diagnostic test: Standard Goniometer

Detailed Description

Eighteen patients with shoulder pain who applied to the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, shoulder subspecialty outpatient clinic who agreed to participate in the study and 18 volunteers who had not experienced shoulder pain before enrolled in the study. Participant age range was determined as 40-70 years.

The IHandy® app is a free app with a visual display similar to that of the digital inclinometer in terms of digital size. In this study, due to its prevalence in the literature and its use in clinics, manual goniometer (gold standard) was chosen to be compared with this iPhone application.

The participants were asked to lie on the bed in supine position with shoulder to be measured at the edge of the bed. The measured shoulder was positioned at 90 degrees abduction, 90 degrees elbow flexion and forearm at neutral position. The participant was asked to bring the wrist closer to the bed in the direction of the little finger, and was measured at the angle that the shoulder could not move without lifting the arm. In the measurement made with the application, the phone was held parallel to the ulna and the value displayed on the screen was recorded. The participant were asked to repeat the movement if his/her shoulder lift up of bed, straightened his/her elbow, or did anything that would disrupt her movement pattern.

Each measurement was repeated 3 times and after 2 weeks the control measurements were made by repeating 3 times.

Measurements were conducted separately in different cabinets without seeing each other for each participant by 1 physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist and 1 physiotherapist. The measurements were recorded in separate locations until all participants were completed.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 36
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Istanbul, Turkey, 34732
    • Istanbul Medeniyet University Faculty of Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 40 years to 70 years (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patient with shoulder pain
• 40-70 years old
• Agreed to participate the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• <40 years old or >70 years old
• Not agreed to participate

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: DIAGNOSTIC
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Interventional Model: PARALLEL
• Masking: SINGLE

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: iHandy application; The IHandy® app is a free app with a visual display similar to that of the digital inclinometer in terms of digital size. In this study, due to its prevalence in the literature and its use in clinics, manual goniometer (gold standard) was chosen to be compared with this iPhone application.	Diagnostic test: iHandy application; The IHandy® app is a free app with a visual display similar to that of the digital inclinometer in terms of digital size. In this study, due to its prevalence in the literature and its use in clinics, manual goniometer (gold standard) was chosen to be compared with this iPhone application.; Diagnostic test: Standard Goniometer; While measuring with goniometer, the pivot point of the goniometer was placed on the olecranon, the immobile rod of the goniometer was kept parallel to the bed, while the moving rod was kept parallel to the ulna, the angle was recorded at the end point of the movement.
ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: Standard goniometer; While measuring with goniometer, the pivot point of the goniometer was placed on the olecranon, the immobile rod of the goniometer was kept parallel to the bed, while the moving rod was kept parallel to the ulna, the angle was recorded at the end point of the movement.	Diagnostic test: iHandy application; The IHandy® app is a free app with a visual display similar to that of the digital inclinometer in terms of digital size. In this study, due to its prevalence in the literature and its use in clinics, manual goniometer (gold standard) was chosen to be compared with this iPhone application.; Diagnostic test: Standard Goniometer; While measuring with goniometer, the pivot point of the goniometer was placed on the olecranon, the immobile rod of the goniometer was kept parallel to the bed, while the moving rod was kept parallel to the ulna, the angle was recorded at the end point of the movement.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
iHandy application	The IHandy® app is a free app with a visual display similar to that of the digital inclinometer. In the measurement made with the application, the phone was held parallel to the ulna and the value displayed on the screen was recorded as range of motion value.	6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Istanbul Medeniyet University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): January 1, 2018
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): July 1, 2018
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): January 1, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 29, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 3, 2020
• First Posted (ACTUAL): November 6, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): November 6, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 3, 2020
• Last Verified: November 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Joint Diseases; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Arthralgia; Shoulder Pain
• Other Study ID Numbers: IMU Shoulder

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No