Unlimited Artificial Intelligence in Physical Therapy

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…

An AI tool for your DPT Capstone Project

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…

The Future of AI in Physical Therapy

“The future is already here; it’s just not evenly distributed,” said the dystopian author William Gibson. How can you profit from this knowledge of the future? Or, if you have a different risk aversion preference; how can you avoid being disrupted by seismic changes in the job market? One profit-optimization pathway would be to learn…

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Face Validity and Computer Vision in Physical Therapy

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…

Help Validate a Fall Risk Prediction tool

VisualPT.ai is a Fall Risk Prediction tool for physical therapy patients. We use Computer Vision (a type of AI) in your iPhone camera to perform the Clinical Test of Sensory Integration and Balance (CTSIB). The CTSIB is the Gold Standard in Fall Risk Prediction – it’s the same test used in expensive force plate devices…

Vestibular Testing Marketplace: Competitive Environment

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…

What is a PT Student Data Collection Experience?

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…