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New Product in Development
Osteoporosis is often associated with profound skeletal changes that place affected women at risk for fractures and other debilitating conditions. It is clear that postural assessment and training are valuable aspects of the detection and minimization of osteoporosis in susceptible adults. Biotonix is currently developing and refining a specialized tool named the OsteoPrint in collaboration with major University and clinical facilities. The product is designed to help identify the potential for Osteoporosis and to eventually serve as an early warning or screening tool.
The Process
Posture is
examined by means of a lateral view photo. Spinal contour is
extracted from the digital image, sent via the web to a central
server and proprietary software is used to detect postural deviations
of various body segments and compare them to established norms.
The Result
An Osteoporosis
Postural Index is formed summarizing the postural orientations
of different body segments. This provides the input stage to
an expert system designed to weight the body segment and deviation
magnitudes from normal and to form two related indices: risk
of osteoporosis and risk of bone fracture related to osteoporosis.
Individualized corrective exercises that target the postural
variables and impact bone health as well as balance and stability
are provided.
Ongoing
Tracking
The first
OsteoPrint serves as a benchmark. Subsequent annual OsteoPrint
evaluations will track any changes in your posture, comparing
the spinal contour from evaluation to evaluation. In this way,
the Osteoporosis Postural Index will help identify and flag
postural deviations associated with the predisposition to Osteoporosis.
This is the point where discussions about courses of action
should take place with a health practitioner, and the effects
of possible therapeutic intervention can be monitored.
For more informations please
contact us at:
BIOTONIX Informations
Center
Phone:
Fax:
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(888) 866-4988
(514) 840-0004
(514) 840-0140
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