Cameras in physical therapy clinics will play a key role in the outpatient PT department in the future. But, as they say, the future is already here, it’s just not well-distributed, yet: Computer vision is a type of artificial intelligence that can capture a patient image, measure the Sway Angle and quickly categorize the patient…
We try not to overthink this part: What’s the problem we’re trying to solve with computer vision in physical therapy? Americans are falling down; there is an epidemic of falls in older people: We want to make injurious falls in older people more detectable with more testing. If people are at risk, we’d like to…
The Capstone Project for DPTs “PTs treat People, Machines collect Data.” Collect data the old fashioned way (questionnaires, surveys, polls, etc) or collect data for your Capstone Project with a mobile app using AI Computer Vision, that contributes to a functional outcome. Computer Vision data collection using mobile device cameras is the future of physical…
How do we know an iPhone App can accurately measure the Clinical Test of Sensory Integration and Balance (CTSIB). From Condition One (eyes open, firm surface) to Condition Six (visual conflict, unstable surface) the task grows more difficult and we would expect the Trunk Sway (vertical axis) to increase. Trunk Sway is the inverse of…
The competitive marketplace for physical therapy vestibular testing has four categories of competition: Status Quo: Do Nothing Status quo / Do Nothing is not a unique strategy to vestibular testing. You find the ‘do nothing’ strategy in lots of disabling conditions. Patients, families and physicians put up with ‘do nothing’ because patients aren’t complaining of…
On the other hand, physical therapy is well-positioned to benefit from AI. Have you ever gotten a spinal manipulation from a robot?
Hello and Welcome! Like you, I am a physical therapist. My name is Tim Richardson and I graduated in 1992 from the University of Florida (home of the fight’n Gators) with my PT degree. I have been in this wonderful profession full-time since then. I have seen many wonderful examples of physical therapy but I’ve…
