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Preliminary reliability and validity of the shoulder functional reach score.

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Riley, SP; Tafuto, V; Cote, M; Brismée, J-M; Wright, A; Cook, C
Published in: Physiother Res Int
October 2018

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine (a) if the newly developed shoulder functional reach score (SFRS) is reliable; (b) if the SFRS demonstrates construct validity by being able to differentiate between patients' symptomatic and asymptomatic shoulders; (c) if the SFRS is able to detect changes over time; and (d) if the potential changes in the SFRS demonstrated criterion validity at three different time intervals by being associated the Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) and Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI). METHODS: Patients were consecutively screened for consultation related to complaints of shoulder pain. Thirty-eight subjects agreed to participate and signed informed consent. Twenty-nine subjects fulfilled the study after the 4 weeks of follow-up. Outcome measures were collected at the initial evaluation and at the first follow-up visit prior to the initiation of treatment. Data were then collected after 2 and 4 weeks of treatment. RESULTS: There were statistically significant differences between symptomatic and asymptomatic shoulders on the SFRS. Intratester reliability of the SFRS was intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC2,1 ) = 0.94. Intertester reliability of the SFRS was ICC2,1  = 0.92. Statistically significant differences were observed between the initial evaluation, 2 and 4 weeks for the SFRS, SPADI, and NPRS. Moderate (rs  = 0.62) to strong (rs  = 0.87) positive correlations were observed between the NPRS and SPADI. Moderate negative (rs  = -0.50-0.51) correlations were found between the SFRS and the SPADI. Moderate negative (rs  = -0.36-0.54) statistically significant (p < 0.05) correlations were found between the SFRS and the NPRS. CONCLUSION: In this small sample, the SFRS was an objective, reliable, and valid tool for assessing shoulder active range of motion in a clinical setting.

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Physiother Res Int

DOI

EISSN

1471-2865

Publication Date

October 2018

Volume

23

Issue

4

Start / End Page

e1733

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • Shoulder Pain
  • Shoulder
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Rehabilitation
  • Range of Motion, Articular
  • Prospective Studies
  • Outcome Assessment, Health Care
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
 

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Riley, S. P., Tafuto, V., Cote, M., Brismée, J.-M., Wright, A., & Cook, C. (2018). Preliminary reliability and validity of the shoulder functional reach score. Physiother Res Int, 23(4), e1733. https://doi.org/10.1002/pri.1733
Riley, Sean P., Vincent Tafuto, Mark Cote, Jean-Michel Brismée, Alexis Wright, and Chad Cook. “Preliminary reliability and validity of the shoulder functional reach score.Physiother Res Int 23, no. 4 (October 2018): e1733. https://doi.org/10.1002/pri.1733.
Riley SP, Tafuto V, Cote M, Brismée J-M, Wright A, Cook C. Preliminary reliability and validity of the shoulder functional reach score. Physiother Res Int. 2018 Oct;23(4):e1733.
Riley, Sean P., et al. “Preliminary reliability and validity of the shoulder functional reach score.Physiother Res Int, vol. 23, no. 4, Oct. 2018, p. e1733. Pubmed, doi:10.1002/pri.1733.
Riley SP, Tafuto V, Cote M, Brismée J-M, Wright A, Cook C. Preliminary reliability and validity of the shoulder functional reach score. Physiother Res Int. 2018 Oct;23(4):e1733.
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Published In

Physiother Res Int

DOI

EISSN

1471-2865

Publication Date

October 2018

Volume

23

Issue

4

Start / End Page

e1733

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • Shoulder Pain
  • Shoulder
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Rehabilitation
  • Range of Motion, Articular
  • Prospective Studies
  • Outcome Assessment, Health Care
  • Middle Aged
  • Male