Automation of Measurements for Digital Posturography in a Standing Position: Software EPPA!

This paper introduces the development of the EPPA! Software, with its Spanish acronym, “Evaluación Posturográfica de Pie Automatizada,” created using Matlab R2019a from Mathworks®. EPPA! serves the following purposes: To validate the software, a comparison with the open-source software Kinovea © 0.9.5 was conducted using a pilot sample (n = 6) of older adult volunteers of both genders, who were referred for postural treatment due to diagnoses of orthopedic and/or traumatological musculoskeletal conditions. This study excluded individuals with neurological pathologies affecting motor control. The comparison was carried out by healthcare professionals with expertise in posturographic assessment. We found significant differences in the results of this comparison, with the Two One-Side Test (TOST) based on the normality of variable (linear and angular) in paired samples (p < 0.05).