Enhanced learning of manipulation techniques using force-sensing table technology (FSTT) / : Apprentissage rehaussé des techniques de manipulation au moyen de la technologie des tableaux à détection d'efforts (TTDE)

The goal was to provide funding to institutions to allow them to evaluate the effectiveness of pedagogical practices that aim to enhance the quality of student learning through the introduction and integration of new technologies. [...] Manipulation Skills As with the application of educational theory to health care teaching in general, the systematic investigation of manipulation of the spine is also relatively recent, with the first scientific conference on the topic held in 1975 in Bethesda, Maryland by the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disease and Stroke (Goldstein, 1975). [...] Figure 1: Force-Time Profile A typical profile for a manipulation procedure: 1) defines the pre-load force applied during the initial positioning and control of the patient’s posture, 2) indicates the rate of rise or “speed” of force production, 3) signifies the peak amplitude of force and 4) represents the duration of the impulse component of the procedure. [...] On the one hand, there is concern for the safety of volunteers versus an obligation of the apprentice in year 4, and of course for the graduate, who requires full understanding and experience in the procedures, including their relative risks and benefits. [...] The parameters of the force-time profile on which the evaluation of the effect of FSTT was conducted were pre-load force, rate of rise in force and peak force from the force-time profile, as described in Figure 1. Force-time profiles may be obtained by the learner applying manipulation procedures to a mannequin on the table, a volunteer acting as a simulated patient or a real patient in a clinical