| Authors | Dowman, L. McDonald, C. F. Hill, C. J. Lee, A. Barker, K. Boote, C. Glaspole, I. Goh, N. Southcott, A. Burge, A. Ndongo, R. Martin, A. Holland, A. E. |
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| Type | Journal Article (Original Research) |
| Journal | Physiotherapy |
| PubMed ID | 26596172 |
| Year of Publication | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26596172 |
| DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2015.10.002 |
| Download |  Dowman_Sep_2016_Physiotherapy.pdf (971.8 KB) |
| Abstract | OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the inter-rater and intra-rater reliability of the hand held dynamometer in measuring muscle strength in people with interstitial lung disease (ILD). DESIGN: Test retest reliability of hand-held dynamometry for elbow flexor and knee extensor strength between two independent raters and two testing sessions. SETTING: Physiotherapy department within a tertiary hospital. PARTICIPANTS: Thirty participants with ILD of varying aetiology were included. Twenty participants completed the inter-rater reliability protocol (10 idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, mean (SD) age 73 (10) years, 11 male) and 21 participants completed the intra-rater reliability protocol (10 idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, mean age 71 (10) years, 11 male). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Mean muscle strength (kg). Agreement between the two raters and testing sessions was analyzed using Bland-Altman plots and reliability was estimated using intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC). RESULTS: For elbow flexor strength there was a mean difference between raters of -0.6kg (limits of agreement (LOA) -5.6 to 4.4kg) and within raters of -0.3kg (LOA -2.8 to 2.3kg). The ICCs were 0.95 and 0.98, respectively. For knee extensor strength there was a mean difference between raters of -1.5kg (LOA -6.9 to 3.9kg) and within raters of -0.7kg (LOA -3.9 to 2.4kg). The ICCs were 0.95 and 0.97, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Hand-held dynamometry is reliable in measuring elbow flexor and knee extensor strength in people with ILD. |
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