Monday, May 9, 2016

Reliability of lumbar movement dysfunction tests for chronic low back pain patients; Methodological concerns to avoid misinterpretation

I was interested to read the paper by Bauer CM and colleagues published in the Mar 2016 issue of Man Ther. They aimed to evaluate the reliability of three movement dysfunction tests named trunk range of motion (ROM), movement or control impairment (MCI), and reposition error (RE) when measured with a novel Inertial measurement unit (IMU)-systems. (1) The authors used generalizability-theory and minimal detectable change, measuring 21 chronic low back pain patients in seven trials on two days. They reported that on average, ROM test were more reliable, compared to MCI and RE tests.

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