Reliability and Validity of the Supine-to-Stand Test in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis.
Background: The Supine-to-Stand Test (SST) evaluates muscle strength, flexibility, and dynamic balance. It may serve as a global measure of functional movement ability in patients with Multiple Sclerosis (pwMS). Objective: To investigate the validity and reliability of the SST in pwMS. Methods: Thir...
| Publicado en: | NeuroRehabilitation Vol. 58; no. 1; pp. 93 - 103 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Feb2026
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=191455662&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 191455662 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10538135 3RE jtl: NeuroRehabilitation issn: 10538135 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Feb2026 vid: 58 iid: 1 pid: 344 pub: Sage Publications Inc. place: Thousand Oaks, California artinfo: ui: 191455662 191000781 191455662 191455662 10.1177/10538135251407112 191455662 ppf: 93 ppct: 10 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Reliability and Validity of the Supine-to-Stand Test in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis. aug: au: Polat, Hakan Maden, Tuba Cengiz, Emine Kiliçparlar Firat, Yasemin Ekmekyapar affil: Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, SANKO University, Gaziantep, Turkey sug: subj: Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation Persons with Disabilities Psychosocial Factors Reliability Instrument Validation Muscle Strength Evaluation Balance, Postural Evaluation Supine Position Standing Functional Assessment Clinical Assessment Tools Human Female Male Adult Middle Age Cross Sectional Studies Nonexperimental Studies Validation Studies Dynamometry Exercise Test Reproducibility of Results Scales Questionnaires Pliability Range of Motion Quality of Life Test-Retest Reliability Intraclass Correlation Coefficient Confidence Intervals Correlational Studies Evaluation Research Walking Motor Skills Evaluation Data Analysis Software Pearson's Correlation Coefficient Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient Power Analysis Descriptive Statistics Task Performance and Analysis Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Female Male ab: Background: The Supine-to-Stand Test (SST) evaluates muscle strength, flexibility, and dynamic balance. It may serve as a global measure of functional movement ability in patients with Multiple Sclerosis (pwMS). Objective: To investigate the validity and reliability of the SST in pwMS. Methods: Thirty-four pwMS (mean EDSS score: 4.80 ± 1.13) participated in this cross-sectional observational study. Ankle plantar and dorsiflexor muscle strength was measured using a digital hand dynamometer. Manual dexterity, balance, endurance, and functional mobility were assessed using the 9-Hole Peg Test (9HPT), the Berg Balance Scale (BBS), the Six-Minute Walk Test (6MWT), and the Timed Up and Go test (TUG), respectively. The Activity-specific Balance Confidence (ABC) scale was used to identify fear of falling. Quality of life was evaluated using the Multiple Sclerosis Quality of Life-54 (MSQOL-54). Test-retest reliability was determined using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). Results: The SST demonstrated excellent test-retest reliability (ICC = 0.984, 95% CI 0.801–0.995). SST performance was moderately correlated with BBS (r = -0.547, p = 0.001), TUG (r = 0.619, p < 0.001), and 6MWT (r = -0.642, p < 0.001). A moderate correlation was found between plantar flexor strength on the dominant side and SST (r = 0.349, p = 0.043), whereas no significant correlation was observed for the non-dominant side or dorsiflexor strength bilaterally (p > 0.05). SST was not correlated with 9HPT bilaterally or MSQOL-54 (p > 0.05). Conclusions: The SST is a reliable and valid tool for assessing functional movement ability in pwMS. Its significant correlations with established balance and mobility measures suggest that it may contribute to clinical decision-making, particularly in evaluating fall risk and predicting walking independence in patients with moderate disability (EDSS scores 4–6). pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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