Video integrated measurement system.
A Video Integrated Measurement (VIM) System is described which incorporates the use of various noninvasive diagnostic procedures (moire contourography, electromyography, posturometry, infrared thermography, etc.), used individually or in combination, for the evaluation of neuromusculoskeletal and other disorders and their management with biofeedback and other therapeutic procedures. The system provides for measuring individual diagnostic and therapeutic modes, or multiple modes by split screen superimposition, of real time (actual) images of the patient and idealized (ideal-normal) models on a video monitor, along with analog and digital data, graphics, color, and other transduced symbolic information. It is concluded that this system provides an innovative and efficient method by which the therapist and patient can interact in biofeedback training/learning processes and holds considerable promise for more effective measurement and treatment of a wide variety of physical and behavioral disorders.
D001676:Biofeedback, Psychology; D002684:Chiropractic; D003626:Data Display; D004576:Electromyography; D006801:Humans; D007259:Infrared Rays; D010780:Photogrammetry; D010781:Photography; D005082:Physical Exertion; D011187:Posture; D013690:Television; D013817:Thermography