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Dynamometry for the measurement of grip, pinch, and trunk muscles strength in subjects with subacute stroke: reliability and different number of trials
BACKGROUND: Muscle strength is usually measured in individuals with stroke with Portable dynamometers (gold standard). However, no studies have investigated the reliability, the standard error of measurement (SEM) and the minimal detectable difference (MDD(95%)) of the dynamometry for the measuremen...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5123260/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27410161 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/bjpt-rbf.2014.0173 |
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author | Aguiar, Larissa T. Martins, Júlia C. Lara, Eliza M. Albuquerque, Julianna A. Teixeira-Salmela, Luci F. Faria, Christina D. C. M. |
author_facet | Aguiar, Larissa T. Martins, Júlia C. Lara, Eliza M. Albuquerque, Julianna A. Teixeira-Salmela, Luci F. Faria, Christina D. C. M. |
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description | BACKGROUND: Muscle strength is usually measured in individuals with stroke with Portable dynamometers (gold standard). However, no studies have investigated the reliability, the standard error of measurement (SEM) and the minimal detectable difference (MDD(95%)) of the dynamometry for the measurement of hand grip, pinch grip and trunk strength in subjects with subacute stroke. OBJECTIVE: 1) To investigate the intra and inter-rater reliability, the SEM and the MDD(95%) of the portable dynamometers for the measurement of grip, pinch and trunk strength in subjects with subacute stroke, and 2) to verify whether the use of different number of trials (first trial and the average of the first two and three trials) affected the results. METHOD: 32 subjects with subacute stroke (time since stroke onset: 3.6 months, SD=0.66 months) were evaluated. Hand grip, 3 pinch grips (i.e. pulp-to-pulp/palmar/lateral) and 4 trunk muscles (i.e. flexors, extensors, lateral flexors and rotators) strength were bilaterally assessed (except trunk flexors/extensors) with portable dynamometry by two independent examiners over two sessions (1-2 weeks apart). One-way ANOVAs and intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC(2,k)) were used for analysis (α=0.05). SEM and MDD(95%) were also calculated. RESULTS: For all muscular groups and sources of outcome values, including one trial, after familiarization, similar results were found (0.01≤F≤0.08; 0.92≤p≤0.99) with significant and adequate values of intra-rater (0.64≤ICC≤0.99; 0.23≤95%CI≤0.99) and inter-rater (0.66≤ICC≤0.99; 0.25≤95%CI≤0.99) reliability. SEM and MDD(95%) were considered low (0.39≤EPM≤2.21 Kg; 0.96≤MMD(95%)≤6.12 Kg) for all outcome scores. CONCLUSION: Only one trial, following familiarization, demonstrated adequate intra-rater and inter-rater reliability of the portable dynamometers for the measurement of hand grip, pinch grip and trunk strength in subjects with subacute stroke. |
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spelling | pubmed-51232602016-11-30 Dynamometry for the measurement of grip, pinch, and trunk muscles strength in subjects with subacute stroke: reliability and different number of trials Aguiar, Larissa T. Martins, Júlia C. Lara, Eliza M. Albuquerque, Julianna A. Teixeira-Salmela, Luci F. Faria, Christina D. C. M. Braz J Phys Ther Original Articles BACKGROUND: Muscle strength is usually measured in individuals with stroke with Portable dynamometers (gold standard). However, no studies have investigated the reliability, the standard error of measurement (SEM) and the minimal detectable difference (MDD(95%)) of the dynamometry for the measurement of hand grip, pinch grip and trunk strength in subjects with subacute stroke. OBJECTIVE: 1) To investigate the intra and inter-rater reliability, the SEM and the MDD(95%) of the portable dynamometers for the measurement of grip, pinch and trunk strength in subjects with subacute stroke, and 2) to verify whether the use of different number of trials (first trial and the average of the first two and three trials) affected the results. METHOD: 32 subjects with subacute stroke (time since stroke onset: 3.6 months, SD=0.66 months) were evaluated. Hand grip, 3 pinch grips (i.e. pulp-to-pulp/palmar/lateral) and 4 trunk muscles (i.e. flexors, extensors, lateral flexors and rotators) strength were bilaterally assessed (except trunk flexors/extensors) with portable dynamometry by two independent examiners over two sessions (1-2 weeks apart). One-way ANOVAs and intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC(2,k)) were used for analysis (α=0.05). SEM and MDD(95%) were also calculated. RESULTS: For all muscular groups and sources of outcome values, including one trial, after familiarization, similar results were found (0.01≤F≤0.08; 0.92≤p≤0.99) with significant and adequate values of intra-rater (0.64≤ICC≤0.99; 0.23≤95%CI≤0.99) and inter-rater (0.66≤ICC≤0.99; 0.25≤95%CI≤0.99) reliability. SEM and MDD(95%) were considered low (0.39≤EPM≤2.21 Kg; 0.96≤MMD(95%)≤6.12 Kg) for all outcome scores. CONCLUSION: Only one trial, following familiarization, demonstrated adequate intra-rater and inter-rater reliability of the portable dynamometers for the measurement of hand grip, pinch grip and trunk strength in subjects with subacute stroke. Associação Brasileira de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação em Fisioterapia 2016-07-11 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5123260/ /pubmed/27410161 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/bjpt-rbf.2014.0173 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Articles Aguiar, Larissa T. Martins, Júlia C. Lara, Eliza M. Albuquerque, Julianna A. Teixeira-Salmela, Luci F. Faria, Christina D. C. M. Dynamometry for the measurement of grip, pinch, and trunk muscles strength in subjects with subacute stroke: reliability and different number of trials |
title | Dynamometry for the measurement of grip, pinch, and trunk muscles strength in subjects with subacute stroke: reliability and different number of trials |
title_full | Dynamometry for the measurement of grip, pinch, and trunk muscles strength in subjects with subacute stroke: reliability and different number of trials |
title_fullStr | Dynamometry for the measurement of grip, pinch, and trunk muscles strength in subjects with subacute stroke: reliability and different number of trials |
title_full_unstemmed | Dynamometry for the measurement of grip, pinch, and trunk muscles strength in subjects with subacute stroke: reliability and different number of trials |
title_short | Dynamometry for the measurement of grip, pinch, and trunk muscles strength in subjects with subacute stroke: reliability and different number of trials |
title_sort | dynamometry for the measurement of grip, pinch, and trunk muscles strength in subjects with subacute stroke: reliability and different number of trials |
topic | Original Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5123260/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27410161 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/bjpt-rbf.2014.0173 |
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