Video Walking Analysis and Spinal Palpation 錄影行走分析與脊椎觸診

Walking is the most common activity in daily life and it is easy to compare the movement or dynamic posture between two people, therefore, we use Video Walking Analysis (VMA) to analyze the movement and posture while walking. Although X-ray, MRI, or CT scan can provide static image of posture, we focus more on evaluating dynamic posture, so VWA is utilized. In addition, by matching patients’ types of dynamic posture and their signs and symptoms and if a group of patients have same type of dynamic posture and similar location of pain, a pain prediction and prevention system will be able to be built up.

 

走路是日常生活最常見的活動，而且要比較不同人之間的動作或姿勢也比較容易，故我們利用錄影行走分析來觀察分析人體行走時的動作，雖然傳統的X光、核磁共振及電腦斷層能提供靜態及照相當時的影像紀錄，但我們較著重在動態姿勢的評估，所以錄影行走分析便有其引入的必要性，此外，透過配對病人們的行走動態姿勢和他們的症狀，若是可以找出同樣姿勢的病人族群有著同樣或類似的疼痛位置，那麼將來就能建立一套疼痛預測及預防系統。

There are two parts of VWA. First, subject walks on the treadmill for forty seconds. Second, subject walks back and forth along a thirteen meters long hallway. Subject’s dynamic posture is videotaped through five camcorders from top, left, right, back and front. The speeds is fixed and self-suitable.

錄影行走分析主要有兩部分：第一部分是在跑步機上行走四十秒以拍攝上側、左側、右側及後側之行走影像，第二部分是來回行走於十三公尺長之走道以拍攝前側及後側之影像，且皆以穩定且舒適的行走速度進行。

Besides VMA, spine palpation is another important evaluation method. Because spine is the central structure of human body which helps balance the left and right bodies and it also transmit force up and down during walking, detail spine palpation is necessary and can provide us more information.

在錄影行走分析之外，脊椎觸診是另一項重要的評估，因為身體的左右平衡是歸結在脊椎，而且走路時力量上下的傳遞也需透過脊椎，所以脊椎的位置和狀態對於姿勢的影響不容忽視，因此脊椎觸診將可以提供更多資訊以供參考。