Bandcizer - A Tool to Assess Dosage of Elastic Band Exercises-Juniper publishers
JUNIPER PUBLISHERS-OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL OF HEAD NECK & SPINE SURGERY
Introduction
Home based treatment or rehabilitation is one the
most blooming and evolving trend among budding and established
physiotherapists as it gives improvement in pain intensity, quality of
life and muscle strength at the comfort of being at home. Home based
exercises are often carried out by patients with help of home-based
exercise equipment’s. Bandcizer is a sensor for resistance Training. It
helps to assess the dosage of Thera band resistance and Intensity Figure
1.
What is the use of Bandcizer?
Elastic band or resistive exercise ropes are used by
many now a day as it provides the sufficient resistance for doing
strengthening exercises. The duration, method, repetition and technique
of using such exercises are a matter of concern for the physios who
recommend home based exercises. Recent studies are suggesting the fact
that secondary injuries following the practice of home-based exercises
have increased drastically. It’s unclear why such injuries happen and
it’s a serious which has to be looked into at the earliest.
Founder
BandCizer ApS is founded by Anders S. Sørensen &
Tim Bang. A new commercially available sensor has been developed which
automatically records and stores exercise data into its memory card or
directly send into the mobile phone. The University Southern Denmark and
the national Danish jointly developed “BANDCIZER™”. This new sensor may
help clinicians as well as researchers to monitor the Home-based
exercise program with ease. The BandCizer is a small device (slightly
larger than a quarter) that attaches to TheraBand resistance bands.
BandCizer is capable of automatically storing the
data such as day, time and quantifying important aspects of exercise
such as ROM and important details such as TUT (Time under tension). It
measures the changes in thickness of the elastic band. It is equipped
with a LSM3330 3D digital gyroscope with a sample rate of 20Hz. The data
recorded by the sensor is sent to a computer directly in form of text
files via Bluetooth.
How it Works
BandCizer ‘s 3D gyroscope measures rotation and
angular velocity occurring around three axes: x, y and z. The positions
of these axes are constant in the BandCizer and cannot be altered. For
example: if rotation movement occurs around a vertical axis, the x-axis
of the gyroscope will register and record this movement, under the
condition that the x-axis of the gyroscope is always positioned on
thera-band to point vertically.
BandCizer App guides you towards optimal
performance, compliance and progression your training and also provide
interactive supervision with live bio-feedback, tailored for the
individual [1-5].
Advantages and Usage
a) To increase quality in rehabilitation, sport and fitness.
b) To boost motivation and provide interactive
supervision.
c) To document compliance and visualise performance.
d) To share result with therapist (Figure 2).
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