Can't figure it out
I am a home health occupational therapist & often find myself without a goniometer when I need it...so I bought this app. BUT I can't figure out how to use it correctly. If someone can tell me how I would appreciate it. There are no instructions on how to use it :-(
It Really Does Work Once You Figure It Out
This app really needs instructions on how to use it! It took me a couple of days to figure it out but it does give an accurate reading. Sooooo ..... I've been measuring my knee ROM. I sit in front of a mirror and first hold my iPhone against my thigh and line it up with the angle of my femur (thigh bone), making sure the "measure against this edge is at the bottom of the screen, and press start. Then, I move my iPhone to my tibia (calf bone) and line it up with the angle of my tibia bone, again with the "measure against this edge" at the bottom of the screen, and then press end. Wala! That's how you get a reading! I even took it to PT and the therapist and I got the same reading when she used her own professional gadget.
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Doesn't work
I can't get this to work. There are no instructions.
Would not recommend. Wish I would have bought a real goniometer instead.
Would not recommend. Wish I would have bought a real goniometer instead.
Half A Star
This app:
-has no instruction on how to use. It ticks (as if somebody's snapping his/her fingers telling you to get started) prompting you to press 'START' (or else).
-after lining up the iPhones edge to static limb ie. femur, press start. Then line up the same edge to mobile/dynamic part (ie, tibia), press END. This gives you a fair to good measure of a cadaver's (knee) joint.
-if you have a live patient who can feel pain and has the ability to wiggle off from the starting/resting limb position - use a real goniometer. This app would give a false measure.
THE PRECEDING COULD BE THE ONLY KNOWN INSTRUCTION IN USING THIS APP.
Buy @ your own risk.
-has no instruction on how to use. It ticks (as if somebody's snapping his/her fingers telling you to get started) prompting you to press 'START' (or else).
-after lining up the iPhones edge to static limb ie. femur, press start. Then line up the same edge to mobile/dynamic part (ie, tibia), press END. This gives you a fair to good measure of a cadaver's (knee) joint.
-if you have a live patient who can feel pain and has the ability to wiggle off from the starting/resting limb position - use a real goniometer. This app would give a false measure.
THE PRECEDING COULD BE THE ONLY KNOWN INSTRUCTION IN USING THIS APP.
Buy @ your own risk.
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Limited utility for a PT
I would rate this more highly if features requested nearly a year ago had been implemented, namely, this goni needs to store multiple results and be able to measure in the coronal plane. Also, it would be nice if the tool could be zeroed with the iPhone oriented vertically. Finally, there really ought to be at least one illustrated page of instructions. $4.00 is a lot to pay for something so limited.
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Simple and Effective!
As a homecare PT, I hate it when I leave my Goni in the car or a different bag. Well now I'm going to leave it in the trash. This app is exactly what I need. I figure, if goniometric measurements have a 5 degree variability between raters, this is more accurate. Thanks for such a simple and effective Goni app!
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Request for Feature
This app is perfect as is. Would be nice if we could store more than just the last reading taken, would help me in my job immensely as a physical therapist.
Minor request
Wonderful app. Asking for an update that will allow reading of Cervical rotation ( coronal/horizontal plane on a vertical axis). :)
Replaced my goniometer.
I am a PT that has been using this everyday now for the past week with pretty accurate results. Great App !
Works Great !!
Was able to get a hang of using it after trying a few times, I did not get the Start and End Position logic initially. Works like a charm now though.
