Evaluation of the validity and reliability of the KFORCE Sens (R) electrogoniometer in evaluation of wrist proprioception

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the validity and reliability of the KFORCE Sens (R) electrogoniometer in the evaluation of wrist proprioception. Wrist position sense was assessed on a Baseline (R) 360 & DEG; universal goniometer and a KFORCE Sens (R) device. The validity and reliability of the KFORCE Sens (R) device for wrist position sense evaluation were investigated by comparing the two data sets. Fifty-three healthy volunteers (39 female, 14 male) with a mean age of 22.83 +/- 1.28 years (range, 21-27 years) were included. Joint position sense test-retest reliability (intra-class correlation coefficient) on KFORCE Sens (R) was very good for all wrist movements. There was a very strong correlation between flexion-extension movements on the dominant side (r = 0.955), and a strong correlation between ulnar- radial deviation movements (r = 0.745). There was also a very strong (r = 0.863) correlation between flexion-extension movements on the non-dominant side and a strong correlation (r = 0.690) between ulnar- radial deviation movements (p < 0.05). Our results showed that the KFORCE Sens (R) device was a valid and reliable evaluation means of assessing wrist position sense. (C) 2021 Published by Elsevier Masson SAS on behalf of SFCM.