کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
5864022 1135641 2014 5 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Original ArticleTest-Retest Reliability of Handgrip Strength Measurement Using a Hydraulic Hand Dynamometer in Patients With Cervical Radiculopathy
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
مقیاس اصلی مقیاس پذیری مجدد اندازه گیری قدرت دست انداز با استفاده از دینامومتر دست هیدرولیکی در بیماران مبتلا به رادیولوژیست سرویکس
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی طب مکمل و جایگزین
چکیده انگلیسی

ObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the test-retest reliability of handgrip strength measurement using a hydraulic hand dynamometer in patients with cervical radiculopathy (CR).MethodsA convenience sample of 19 participants (14 men and 5 women; mean ± SD age, 50.5 ± 12 years) with CR was measured using a Jamar hydraulic hand dynamometer by the same rater on 2 different testing sessions with an interval of 7 days between sessions. Data collection procedures followed standardized grip strength testing guidelines established by the American Society of Hand Therapists. During the repeated measures, patients were advised to rest their upper limb in the standardized arm position and encouraged to exert 3 maximum gripping efforts. The mean value of the 3 efforts (measured in kilogram force [Kgf]) was used for data analysis. The intraclass correlation coefficient, SEM, and the Bland-Altman plot were used to estimate test-retest reliability and measurement precision.ResultsGrip strength measurement in CR demonstrated an intraclass correlation coefficient of 0.976, suggesting excellent test-retest reliability. The small SEM in both testing sessions (SEM1, 2.41 Kgf; SEM2, 2.51 Kgf) as well as the narrow width of the 95% limits of agreements (95% limits of agreement, − 4.9 to 4.4 Kgf) in the Bland-Altman plot reflected precise measurements of grip strength in both occasions.ConclusionsExcellent test-retest reliability for grip strength measurement was measured in patients with CR, demonstrating that a hydraulic hand dynamometer could be used as an outcome measure for these patients.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics - Volume 37, Issue 3, March–April 2014, Pages 206-210
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