The method
Measure more. Guess less.
Balance rehabilitation is still often guided by how a test looked. Measurement adds a record of performance the provider can compare, revisit, and use.
Why measurement
Observation still matters. A measurement gives it something to sit next to: a result from a defined testing condition, taken the same way the next time.
The point is not to replace clinical judgment. The point is to give that judgment more information than memory of a single visit.
What the measurements are for
- Objective measurement gives providers more information about balance performance.
- It helps identify patterns across testing conditions.
- It helps guide intervention selection.
- It lets providers see whether performance changed after an intervention and over time.
Measure, identify, apply, retest, track
The same five steps, in the order a provider would use them.
01
Measure
Capture objective balance and movement measurements, on a smartphone, under a testing condition you choose. The result is a measurement, not an impression of how the test looked.
02
Identify
Look across testing conditions for patterns in the data: how movement is distributed, whether it favors one direction, and whether it changes as the test continues.
03
Apply
Use the pattern, together with the rest of the examination, to select an intervention. The measurement informs the decision. It does not make the decision by itself.
04
Retest
Repeat a comparable measurement after the intervention to see whether performance changed. A retest is another measurement, not a conclusion about why it changed.
05
Track
Keep the history. Repeated measurements show change from one visit to the next and across a longer stretch of care.