Reliability of a Novel Qualitative Assessment Tool for Evaluating a Run Plant Task.
BACKGROUND: Young female athletes have a substantial risk of suffering an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, in part due to sex-specific movement patterns. Injury prevention strategies targeting movement errors during a deceleration task may help decrease the associated risk. In order to enhan...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy Vol. 21; no. 3; pp. 281 - 291 |
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| Formato: | pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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North American Journal of Sports Physical Therapy
2026
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=192012611&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 192012611 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 21592896 BKL5 jtl: International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy issn: 21592896 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2026 vid: 21 iid: 3 pid: 38303 pub: North American Journal of Sports Physical Therapy place: Indianapolis, Indiana artinfo: ui: 192012611 192012611 192012611 10.26603/001c.156437 192012611 ppf: 281 ppct: 10 formats: tig: atl: Reliability of a Novel Qualitative Assessment Tool for Evaluating a Run Plant Task. aug: au: Butler, Lauren Erdman, Ashley Martinez, Alexa Tate, Sierra DeVerna, Amie Ulman, Sophia affil: Physical Therapy, Florida International University sug: subj: Torso Anatomy and Histology Lower Extremity Anatomy and Histology Task Performance and Analysis Evaluation Clinical Assessment Tools Quality Assessment Intrarater Reliability Interrater Reliability Human Child Adolescence Male Female Qualitative Studies Validation Studies Repeated Measures Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries Risk Factors Risk Assessment Intraclass Correlation Coefficient Descriptive Statistics Confidence Intervals Convenience Sample Athletes, Female Movement Knee Joint Physiology McNemar's Test Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test Analysis of Variance Post Hoc Analysis kappa Statistic Data Analysis Software Child: 6-12 years Adolescent: 13-18 years Male Female ab: BACKGROUND: Young female athletes have a substantial risk of suffering an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, in part due to sex-specific movement patterns. Injury prevention strategies targeting movement errors during a deceleration task may help decrease the associated risk. In order to enhance preventive interventions, screening tools to identify at-risk individuals are vital. HYPOTHESIS/PURPOSE: To assess intra- and inter-rater reliability of a qualitative assessment of trunk and lower extremity alignment during a run plant task. It was hypothesized that the tool would demonstrate good to excellent intra- and inter-rater reliability. STUDY DESIGN: Repeated measures METHODS: Two Raters assessed videos of 25 healthy female athletes (ages 12-17 years) performing a run plant task. Female athletes were chosen due to their increased ACL injury risk. Raters used a qualitative checklist to assess trunk and lower extremity alignment, awarding one point for each observed movement fault. Item scores were then summed to generate a total score. Each video was scored twice with a two-week washout period in-between. Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) for each scoring item and the overall total score were calculated with a 2-way mixed-effect model and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) for inter- and intra-rater reliability. RESULTS: Intra-rater reliability was poor to moderate (Rater 1 ICC = 0.43, 95% CI 0.12-0.73; Rater 2 ICC = 0.54, 95% CI 0.20-0.87). Inter-rater reliability was moderate in round one (ICC = 0.66, 95% CI 0.41-0.90) and poor in round two (ICC = 0.32, 95% CI 0.02-0.63). Medial foot position was the only item to achieve good intra- and inter-rater reliability. Sagittal alignment also demonstrated good inter-rater reliability. In both rounds, dynamic valgus and preparatory deceleration steps were consistently marked as present (100% agreement), and lateral foot position was consistently marked as not present (100% agreement), by both Raters for all athletes. CONCLUSION: While some individual items showed good reliability, several items and the total score failed to achieve acceptable reliability. Despite lower ICC values for dynamic valgus, preparatory deceleration steps, and lateral foot position, percent agreement was high. The skew and limited variability in these items likely influenced ICC estimates, suggesting that Rater consistency may be underestimated. Refinement of scoring item definitions for these items is needed prior to clinical application of the tool. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level 2, diagnosis pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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