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dc.contributor.author | Gatt, Alfred | - |
dc.contributor.author | Chockalingam, Nachiappan | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-12-15T11:12:15Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2022-12-15T11:12:15Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Gatt, A., & Chockalingam, N. (2013). Validity and reliability of a new ankle dorsiflexion measurement device. Prosthetics and orthotics international, 37(4), 289-297. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/104431 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Background: The assessment of the maximum ankle dorsiflexion angle is an important clinical examination procedure. Evidence shows that the traditional goniometer is highly unreliable, and various designs of goniometers to measure the maximum ankle dorsiflexion angle rely on the application of a known force to obtain reliable results. Hence, an innovative ankle dorsiflexion measurement device was designed to make this measurement more reliable by holding the foot in a selected posture without the application of a known moment. | en_GB |
dc.description.abstract | Objectives: To report on the comprehensive validity and reliability testing carried out on the new device. | en_GB |
dc.description.abstract | Methods: Following validity testing, four different trials to test reliability of the ankle dorsiflexion measurement device were performed. These trials included inter-rater and intra-rater testings with a controlled moment, intra-rater reliability testing with knees flexed and extended without a controlled moment, intra-rater testing with a patient population, and inter-rater reliability testing between four raters of varying experience without controlling moment. All raters were blinded. | en_GB |
dc.description.abstract | Study Design: A series of trials to test intra-rater and inter-rater reliabilities. Results: Intra-rater reliability intraclass correlation coefficient was 0.98 and inter-rater reliability intraclass correlation coefficient (2,1) was 0.953 with a controlled moment. With uncontrolled moment, very high reliability for intra-tester was also achieved (intraclass correlation coefficient = 0.94 with knees extended and intraclass correlation coefficient = 0.95 with knees flexed). For the trial investigating test–retest reliability with actual patients, intraclass correlation coefficient of 0.99 was obtained. In the trial investigating four different raters with uncontrolled moment, intraclass correlation coefficient of 0.91 was achieved. | en_GB |
dc.description.abstract | Conclusions: The new ankle dorsiflexion measurement device is a valid and reliable device for measuring ankle dorsiflexion in both healthy subjects and patients, with both controlled and uncontrolled moments, even by multiple raters of varying experience when the foot is dorsiflexed to its end of range of motion. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Sage Publications Ltd. | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Joints -- Range of motion -- Measurement | en_GB |
dc.subject | Ankle -- Movement disorders -- Diagnosis | en_GB |
dc.subject | Foot -- Abnormalities | en_GB |
dc.subject | Joints -- Physiology | en_GB |
dc.subject | Goniometers | en_GB |
dc.title | Validity and reliability of a new ankle dorsiflexion measurement device | en_GB |
dc.type | article | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | peer-reviewed | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/0309364612465886 | - |
dc.publication.title | Prosthetics and orthotics international | en_GB |
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