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Presentation 2017-10-23 14:40
Measuring postural sway during quiet standing:Utilization of a Nintendo Wii Balance Board
Kentaro Horiuchi, Sohei Sato (TMU), Daigo Misaki (KU), Kuniyasu Imanaka, Masami Ishihara (TMU) HIP2017-59
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(in English) Measuring the center of pressure (CoP) during quiet standing is one of the standard ways to evaluate postural control. However, the traditional experimental set up for measuring CoP (with a force plate & analysis software) has several drawbacks: the equipment cost for both hard- and software is quite high and the equipment is usually not portable. Recently, the Nintendo Wii balance board (WBB) has been used for basic and applied (rehabilitation field) research, having the capability of measuring CoP at a relatively low cost. As the WBB was designed as a TV game, this has led to some discussion about its validity, with some research papers reporting that it is inadequate for research purposes requiring high-precision analyses. In the present study, we investigated the reliability and validity of the WBB for measuring quiet standing. CoP was measured and compared using a WBB and a research-grade force plate (Kistler Co.). Our results showed that the main concern with the WBB is the uneven sampling rate, with the time between sampling varying in a range of 1 and 35 ms. However, with proper low-pass (< 20Hz) filtering and the use of re-sampling technique, the WBB can provide accurate CoP measurements, making it a low-cost alternative to the force plate. Our findings suggest that given appropriate data sampling and analyses, the WBB is a useful tool, especially for clinical studies or when a traditional set up is impractical.
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(in English) Postural control / Wii balance board / reliability / / / / /  
Reference Info. IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 117, no. 259, HIP2017-59, pp. 17-22, Oct. 2017.
Paper # HIP2017-59 
Date of Issue 2017-10-16 (HIP) 
ISSN Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685    Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380
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Committee HIP  
Conference Date 2017-10-23 - 2017-10-24 
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Place (in English) Kyoto Terrsa 
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Topics (in English) Eye Movement (including Accommodation and Pupil), Spatial Perception (Depth Perception, Motion Perception, etc.), etc. 
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Conference Code 2017-10-HIP 
Language Japanese 
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Title (in English) Measuring postural sway during quiet standing:Utilization of a Nintendo Wii Balance Board 
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Keyword(1) Postural control  
Keyword(2) Wii balance board  
Keyword(3) reliability  
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1st Author's Name Kentaro Horiuchi  
1st Author's Affiliation Tokyo Metropolitan University (TMU)
2nd Author's Name Sohei Sato  
2nd Author's Affiliation Tokyo Metropolitan University (TMU)
3rd Author's Name Daigo Misaki  
3rd Author's Affiliation Kogakuin University (KU)
4th Author's Name Kuniyasu Imanaka  
4th Author's Affiliation Tokyo Metropolitan University (TMU)
5th Author's Name Masami Ishihara  
5th Author's Affiliation Tokyo Metropolitan University (TMU)
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Date Time 2017-10-23 14:40:00 
Presentation Time 20 minutes 
Registration for HIP 
Paper # HIP2017-59 
Volume (vol) vol.117 
Number (no) no.259 
Page pp.17-22 
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Date of Issue 2017-10-16 (HIP) 


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