Guzman Jill, Aktan Nadine
William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ 07470, USA.
William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ 07470, USA.
Appl Nurs Res. 2016 Feb;29:1-4. doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2015.04.008. Epub 2015 Apr 24.
Concussions are a major health concern for athletes given the potential for these injuries in a wide range of sport activities. The leading concern for clinicians is that athletes are at risk for devastating consequences if they are not evaluated properly and cleared too early to return to play or competition. The evaluation of postural stability has been identified as an important aspect to the comprehensive management of such injuries. Clinicians are in need of a portable tool they can use in various settings to aid in decision making and health care delivery for concussed athletes. The Nintendo Wii Balance Board (Nintendo of America Inc., Redmond, Washington) is a portable, cost-effective tool that has the potential to aid in the evaluation of postural stability in concussed individuals. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the Wii Balance Board as an objective, user-friendly, cost effective, valid alternative tool for the measurement of postural stability in college athletes. This study questioned whether the Wii Balance Board, when compared to the Balance Error Scoring System (BESS), is an objective tool that can be used as an acceptable measurement of postural stability in college athletes.
鉴于在广泛的体育活动中都存在这些损伤的可能性，脑震荡是运动员主要的健康问题。临床医生最担心的是，如果运动员没有得到正确评估，过早被允许恢复比赛，他们就有遭受严重后果的风险。姿势稳定性评估已被确定为这类损伤综合管理的一个重要方面。临床医生需要一种便携式工具，以便在各种环境中使用，辅助对脑震荡运动员进行决策和医疗服务。任天堂Wii平衡板（美国任天堂公司，华盛顿州雷德蒙德）是一种便携式、经济高效的工具，有可能辅助评估脑震荡个体的姿势稳定性。本研究的目的是评估Wii平衡板作为一种客观、用户友好、经济有效的替代工具，用于测量大学生运动员姿势稳定性的可行性。本研究探讨了与平衡误差评分系统（BESS）相比时，Wii平衡板是否是一种可用于客观测量大学生运动员姿势稳定性的工具。
