People with Parkinson disease (PwP) often present with spinal abnormalities, including progressive thoracic kyphosis, frequently coexisting with camptocormia. These postural impairments affect body structure and function, limiting daily activity and participation (e.g., walking while carrying groceries). Early detection and monitoring are important for tracking progression of kyphosis. Accessible, reliable, and low-cost tools to assess spinal abnormalities in PwP are needed. Gold-standard methods (e.g., radiography, motion capture) are expensive and less accessible, while tools like inclinometers fail to capture the full thoracic contour. Flexicurve, a simple, low-cost tool, allows continuous curvature assessment and has shown reliability in adults without impairments. This study aimed to (1) examine the flexicurve’s convergent validity against inclinometer, and (2) assess its intra- and inter-rater reliability in PwP.
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Project Lead: Lori Quinn, Sally Leung
Project Coordinator: Sally Leung
Project Member: Jehan Alomar, Bayan Aldhahwani, Jade Carter, Taewook Yu, Dipti Wani