Reliability of Measuring Trunk Motions in Centimeters

Frost, Margaret; Stuckey, Sandra; Smalley, Lee Anne; Dorman, Glenda

doi:10.1093/ptj/62.10.1431

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“…The ability of one tester to reproduce the recorded values o f another was high for all the situations tested. Indeed i t was higher than that reported in earlier studies (2,3,6,9,11 The reproducibility of the measurements was higher in all 5ituations when the subject stood in the test apparatus than i t was when he/she stood freely on the floor. This is, however, not supported by the way they reacted during the tests.…”

Section: Discussioncontrasting

confidence: 53%

Standardized Measurement of Lateral Spinal Flexion and Its Use in Evaluation of the Effect of Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain

Jonsson¹,

Ljungkvist²,

Hamberg³

1990

Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences

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CIBSTRACTTo evaluate t h e effect of treatment of chronic low back pain, the report of subjective pain needs to b e supplemented by objective nformation such as, for example on changes in the functional capacity of the spine. This paper presents a simple but reliab e method in this respect i.e. by measuring the range of lateral spinal flexion. When two independent testers used the method the correlation coefficient between their recorded values was 0.98. In patients with chronic low back pain, the method showed that the range of lateral flexion increased after treatment. At linear regression analysis a significant correlation was found between increased range of motion and reduced pain.

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confidence: 53%

Standardized Measurement of Lateral Spinal Flexion and Its Use in Evaluation of the Effect of Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain

Jonsson¹,

Ljungkvist²,

Hamberg³

1990

Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences

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“…Within our study, we did not find any statistically significant correlation between the modified Schober test and MRI findings. Clinical studies have found the reliability of the FTFD ranging from low [31] to high [4,15,19,39]. In our study, the relationship between structural changes of the lumbar spine and the FTFD was only weakly correlated to endplate changes on level L4-5.…”

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confidence: 49%

“…The modified Schober and the FTFD were described previously [4,15,19,27,31,39]. For the LB, the participants were told to slowly bend from the upright position to the side with their hand running down a vertical ruler.…”

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confidence: 99%

Do MRI findings correlate with mobility tests? An explorative analysis of the test validity with regard to structure

Quack

Schenk²,

Laeubli³

et al. 2006

Eur Spine J

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To find out whether segmental magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings such as intervertebral disc degeneration (DD) and facet joint osteoarthritis (FJO) are associated with motion deficiencies as seen in common mobility tests and observed range of motion (ROM). A total of 112 female subjects, nurses and office workers, with and without low back pain, were examined by clinical experts, and lumbar mobility was measured including modified Schober, fingertip-to-floor distance (FTFD) and ZEBRIS motion analysis. An MRI of the lumbar spine was made. Mobility findings were correlated with segmental morphologic changes as seen on MRI at the levels of L1-2 through L5-S1. Only a few statistically significant correlations between MRI findings and the results of the mobility tests could be found. Lateral bending was weakly and negatively correlated to DD and FJO but only on the level of L5-S1. The FTFD showed a weak positive correlation to endplate changes on the level of L4-5. When ROM is observed by clinical experts, there are several significant relationships between MRI findings and the observed motion. There is a highly significant segmental correlation between DD and disc form alteration as seen on MRI on the level of single motion segments. Pain history and current pain level did not moderate any association between MRI and mobility. There is no clear relationship between the structural changes represented by MRI and the measured mobility tests used in this study. Our findings suggest that close observation of spinal motion may provide at least equal information about the influence of spinal structures on motion than the commonly used measured mobility tests do.

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“…The above-mentioned results of the t test and nonparametric analysis were confirmed by correlation analysis ( Measurements of forward bending demonstrated good reliability and validity to asses trunk mobility in the past [25][26][27][28][29].…”

Section: Correlation Analysismentioning

confidence: 89%

Association of clinical parameters of operatively treated thoracolumbar fractures with quality of life parameters

Thormann

Erli

Brügmann³

et al. 2013

Eur Spine J

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Purpose The intention of the current work was to assess the association between clinical parameters and seven different quality of life (QoL) instruments after surgical treatment of thoracolumbar spinal fractures after an average follow-up of 4.2 years. Methods The following human-related quality of life and PRO measures of 66 patients were correlated to clinical parameters such as fingertip-to-floor distance (FFD), Schober measurement, pressure and percussion pain in the lumbopelvine area (PPP), and paravertebral muscle tension: reALOS, SF-36, VAS, VAS spine score, BDI, the GBB-24, and the IES-R. Results Overall, there was a significant association between the clinical parameters of the thoracolumbar spine such as PPP, paravertebral muscle tension, FFD and Schober's sign on one side, and the seven tested instruments on the other side.Conclusions PPP and FFD as well as a small Schober measurement are clinical parameters which significantly influence QoL after surgical treatment of thoracolumbar fractures.

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Reliability of Measuring Trunk Motions in Centimeters

Cited by 114 publications

References 7 publications

Standardized Measurement of Lateral Spinal Flexion and Its Use in Evaluation of the Effect of Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain

Standardized Measurement of Lateral Spinal Flexion and Its Use in Evaluation of the Effect of Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain

Do MRI findings correlate with mobility tests? An explorative analysis of the test validity with regard to structure

Association of clinical parameters of operatively treated thoracolumbar fractures with quality of life parameters

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