The sports medicine and orthopedic specialists at Forté Sports Medicine and Orthopedics focus on returning patients back to active lifestyles, sport and daily activities. Whether recovering from an injury or surgical procedure, our team of physicians and clinicians uses a variety of treatment options to provide rehabilitative care.
Force Plates for Metric Evaluation
Force plates are highly sensitive platforms used to measure a variety of metrics that indicate functional progression of patients. Like a scale that measures movement the plates help Forté physical therapists make data-driven decisions that assist in our exercise prescription, streamline progressions and make sense of biomechanical function toward everyday activities. For example, the data provides the ability to determine asymmetries, power production and landing forces that directly influence what our physical therapy sessions need to include.
What are the benefits of using force plates in physical therapy?
Force plates decrease the grey in decision making and shows true deficits that clinician's eyes may not always pick up to create a more comprehensive and inclusive plan of care. Our team can compare patients to normative data to give context to status and progression. This provides objective data that can be tracked over time, establish individualized baselines and provide feedback.
Who benefits from using force plates?
All patients can benefit from using force plates: pre-op versus post-op testing, preseason versus post-season testing, occupational assessment for job requirements and people that just want to understand how effectively and efficiently they move.
What injuries/surgeries utilize the force plates?
Forté Sports Medicine and Orthopedics is currently working hand in hand with VALD to establish total joint replacement normative data. This includes:
How is Forté using force plates to help patients get back to their sport faster?
Our team of clinicians is using the force plates in conjunction with other testing measures to create a comprehensive approach. The data helps us have a better understanding of applied strength.
While traditional strength testing shows what a patient can do, force plate testing shows how they are doing it. Assessments include squat patterns, jumping, landing, balance and isometrics. With this, our team is more clearly able to determine where patients are at in their rehabilitation process, what milestones they need to hit to ensure safety and when to push or pull back.
How does force plate testing differ from Functional Movement Screening?
Force plate testing is more dynamic and captures everyday movements that are statistically recorded. There is no judgement, room for clinician interpretation and reliability is more consistent compared to FMS grading. FMS assesses movement, force plates quantify how you produce force during movement.
Recover from Injury or Surgery with Precision
At Forté Sports Medicine and Orthopedics, we are committed to understanding the unique needs and recovery milestones for our patients. Through personalized care utilizing technologies, such as force places, and other rehabilitation methods, our clinicians determine the best, most customized care plan to provide the best possible outcome to recovery. We have provide exceptional orthopedic care offers convenient locations in Carmel, Greenwood, Mooresville, Noblesville and Tipton. Contact us today to get back to your forté.
