The intra-examiner reliability of manual muscle testing of the hip and shoulder with a modified sphygomomanometer: a preliminary study of normal subjects.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the intrarater reliability of manual muscle assessment of the hip and shoulder using a modified sphygmomanometer. In addition, it was intended to establish a preliminary database of values from normal, healthy male and female volunteers. Eighty subjects p...

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Published in:Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association Vol. 42; no. 2; pp. 73 - 83
Main Authors: Perossa DR, Dziak M, Vernon HT, Hayashita K
Format: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Canadian Chiropractic Association Jun98
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          Perossa DR
          Dziak M
          Vernon HT
          Hayashita K
        affil: Department of Biology, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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          Chiropractic Assessment
          Muscle Strength Evaluation
          Hip
          Shoulder
          Intrarater Reliability
          Extension
          Flexion
          Intraclass Correlation Coefficient
          Repeated Measures
          T-Tests
          P-Value
          Descriptive Statistics
          Sex Factors
          Adult
          Male
          Female
          Human
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Male
          Female
      ab: The purpose of this study was to investigate the intrarater reliability of manual muscle assessment of the hip and shoulder using a modified sphygmomanometer. In addition, it was intended to establish a preliminary database of values from normal, healthy male and female volunteers. Eighty subjects participated in the test sessions, 40 males and 40 females between the ages of 19-22. Forty subjects participated in each of the hip and shoulder test sessions. Each examiner tested different paired movements on the subjects in one single session for the two separate joints. The tested movements consisted of hip extension, flexion and abduction and shoulder abduction, extension, flexion, internal and external rotation. All movements were tested by the patient- initiated method. Each movement was repeated twice, with a 30-35 second rest interval between the trials. The results showed that the intratester reliability coefficients for the hip ranged from 0.94-0.97, while, for the shoulder, the range was 0.86-0.97. Norms are expressed as mean (SD) values. These data conformed to previously established expectations, in that side-to-side differences were less than 10% and test values for males were larger than females in all tests. It was concluded that manual muscle assessment using a modified sphygmomanometer has acceptable intra-examiner reliability for the hip and shoulder when using the patient-initiated method.
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