Internal consistency and validity of the Jebsen–Taylor hand function test in an Italian population with hemiparesis

Berardi, Anna; Saffioti, Marco; Tofani, Marco; Nobilia, Marta; Culicchia, Greta; Valente, Donatella; Servadio, Annamaria

doi:10.3233/nre-192867

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“…R.O.M.A. association in the last few years has dealt with several systematic reviews and the validation of many outcome measures in Italy (42)(43)(44)(45)(46)(47)(48)(49)(50)(51)(52)(53)(54)(55)(56).…”

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Effect of Blood Flow Restriction Training on Physiological Outcomes in Healthy Athletes: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Floco

2021

Muscle Ligaments and Tendons J

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Background. Blood flow restriction (BFR) training is gaining increasing attention in the scientific community. Studies using exercise combined with blood flow restriction have shown muscle strength and size improvement. In fact, the main feature of BFR training is that can elicit muscle hypertrophy and strength adaptations using light external loads (20-30% one repetition maximum, 1RM) comparable to what is typically seen following high-load (HL) training programs with 70-85% 1RM. This specific training has applications for individuals who may not be able to tolerate the mechanical stresses associated with higher loads, such as the elderly or injured; thus, several investigations have focused on implementing BFR exercise within older and clinical populations. However, the effects of this kind of technique in healthy athletes are not clear in scientific literature. The purpose of this study is to conduct a systematic review with meta-analysis to evaluate the qualitative and quantitative results of blood flow restriction training in healthy athletes. Methods. PRISMA guidelines were used to carry out the systematic review and meta-analysis. Three electronic databases were searched: MEDLINE, PEDro, and the Cochrane Library. Papers included in the study have the following characteristics: a) a randomized controlled trial or clinical trial design of research, b) studies investigating physiological effects of BFR training in healthy athletes and c) published in English. The approach to data extraction was chosen on the basis of the Cochrane Methods. Studies quality and risk of bias of the clinical trials included were evaluated according to a Jadad score and through meta-analysis. Results. After the elimination of duplicates, 164 records were screened. Among these, 14 studies were included in the systematic review. Seven of these were involved in the meta-analysis. From the qualitative analysis, a larger number of studies were found with a low level of quality. Conclusions. The application of BFR positively influences muscular adaptations compared with exercise under normal blood-flow conditions, in terms of increased VO 2 max, higher strength increase, and muscles adaptations. Thus, BFR provides a feasible, promising, and beneficial complementary training stimuli when used in a controlled environment supervised by trained and experienced personnel.

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Effect of Blood Flow Restriction Training on Physiological Outcomes in Healthy Athletes: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Floco

2021

Muscle Ligaments and Tendons J

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“…The maximum time allowed to perform tasks was 120 seconds. The JTHFT-IT demonstrated good reliability (Nobilia et al, 2019;Savona et al, 2019) and good validity (Berardi et al, 2019). Specifically for CP population, the test showed excellent reliability in short time (intraclass coefficient > .900; Araneda et al, 2019).…”

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Examining Reliability and Validity of the Jebsen-Taylor Hand Function Test Among Children With Cerebral Palsy

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Manual dexterity has strongly predicted functional independence for daily life activities among children with cerebral palsy (CP). The Jebsen-Taylor Hand Function Test (JTHFT) is the most widely used assessment tool for exploring manual dexterity in the CP population, though no research has yet examined its psychometric properties for this use. This cross-sectional study explored the validity and internal consistency of the JTHFT in an Italian sample of inpatient and outpatient children with CP aged between 6-18 years (35 girls and 49 boys). We calculated internal consistency with Cronbach’s alpha and tested validity against the Manual Ability Classification System (MACS) using Pearson’s correlation coefficient. To better understand how the JTHFT compares with different levels of the MACS, we performed dominant hand timing variability for each test item. Results showed excellent internal consistency with a Cronbach’s alpha of .944 and .911, respectively, for nondominant and dominant hands. There was also a statistically significant positive linear Pearson’s correlation coefficient between the JTHFT and the MACS ( p < .01). We observed high variability in writing performance (Item 1 of the JTHFT) within this sample for each level of the MACS. This study confirms that the JTHFT is a valid assessment tool when used in children with CP aged 6-18 years.

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“…The research group was composed of medical doctors and rehabilitation professionals from the Sapienza University of Rome and from the Rehabilitation and Outcome Measure Assessment (ROMA) Association, which conducted the study (14,15,(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23).…”

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Conservative Rehabilitation Treatments of Iliotibial Band Syndrome: A Systematic Review

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Berardi

Tofani

2021

Muscle Ligaments and Tendons J

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Background. Iliotibial band syndrome (IBS) one of the most common injury of the lateral knee. This is an overuse injury, and it has an increased occurrence rate in populations favouring running and other multidisciplinary endurance sports. In many cases, the pain quickly subsides upon cessation of activities. For this reason, rehabilitation plays an essential role in reducing days of inactivity. Objective. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the qualitative results of conservative rehabilitation treatments of IBS. Methods. The following four electronic databases were systematically searched from March to May 2020: Medline, PEDro, Scopus and Web of Science. Papers included in the study met the following prerequisites: experimental studies with or without a control group about conservative treatments of IBS. Titles, key words, and abstracts identified through the databases were screened independently by two reviewers/searchers. Duplicates were first eliminated from the total number of studies found in the literature through the four databases. Subsequently, after reading the title and abstract, studies against the inclusion criteria were eliminated. Two reviewers independently extracted patient demographics and descriptive information. These characteristics were judged on the basis of information provided in the reports on the studies. Study quality and risks of bias were assessed using the Jadad scale and Pedro scale. Results. Twelve experimental studies were included in this systematic review. Three of these are Radomized Controlled Trials three are pre-post-test and six are case reports and case series. Conclusions. IBS responds positively to conservative treatment. More precisely, in the acute phase, shockwaves can be used, and rest and ice are recommended. Stretching and strengthening exercises should be started after the acute phase. Mulligan techniques on the hip and knee can also be used to treat iliotibial band syndrome.

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Internal consistency and validity of the Jebsen–Taylor hand function test in an Italian population with hemiparesis

Cited by 40 publications

References 32 publications

Effect of Blood Flow Restriction Training on Physiological Outcomes in Healthy Athletes: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Effect of Blood Flow Restriction Training on Physiological Outcomes in Healthy Athletes: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Examining Reliability and Validity of the Jebsen-Taylor Hand Function Test Among Children With Cerebral Palsy

Conservative Rehabilitation Treatments of Iliotibial Band Syndrome: A Systematic Review

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