Introduction Sustained, repetitive, prehensile activities that require precision and stability, necessitate a sustained static shoulder girdle posture over long periods of time, which can result in abnormal activation the musculature consequent scapular misalignments. Aim, Aim this study was to establish test-retest inter-tester reliability six (6) clinical tests commonly used measure parameter...

BACKGROUND The reliability of clinical tests for the cervical spine has not been adequately evaluated. Six cervical clinical tests, which are low cost and easy to perform in clinical settings, were tested for intra- and inter-examiner reliability, and two performance tests were assessed for test-retest reliability in people with and without chronic neck pain. Moreover, construct and between-gro...

Background and Purpose Many stroke trials include maximal inspiratory pressure (MIP), expiratory (MEP), sniff nasal (SNIP) outcome measurements. However, data on agreement reliability of repeated MIP, MEP, SNIP measurements in acute subacute patients are scarce. Methods This study employed a test–retest design. Eighteen (seven female) with mean (SD) age 59 (14.5) years were recruited from neuro...

Objective: To investigate the intra – rater and inter reliability of cranio cervical flexion test in symptomatic subjects. Background study: Neck flexor muscles endurance was negatively correlated with pain dysfunction. Cranio protocol has been advocated to train muscle performance at present there is no consensus most effective method. The CCFT a clinical neuromotor control deep spine. Methodo...

A high resolution, noninvasive approach to quantify atherosclerotic plaque in the peripheral vasculature could have significant clinical and research utility. Seventeen patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) were studied in a 1.5T CMR scanner. Atherosclerotic plaque volume in the superficial femoral artery was measured and interobserver, intraobserver, and test-retest variability deter...

The purpose was to investigate the test-retest reliability of the 50-Foot Timed Walk (50FWT), and 30-Second Chair Stand Test (30CST) in the patients with total hip arthroplasty (THA). The study was a test-retest study. Thirty-seven patients with THA performed two trials for both the 30CTS and 50FWT on the same day with one hour interval. To assess reliability, the intra-class correlation coeffi...

The psychometric properties of the Persian "Reading the Mind in the Eyes" test were investigated, so were the predictions from the Empathizing-Systemizing theory of psychological sex differences. Adults aged 16-69 years old (N = 545, female = 51.7 %) completed the test online. The analysis of items showed them to be generally acceptable. Test-retest reliability, as measured by Intra-class corre...

UNLABELLED The Motor Activity Log (MAL) assesses the spontaneous use of the most affected upper limb with the amount of use (AOU) and quality of movement (QOM) scales during daily activities in real environments in individuals with chronic stroke. OBJECTIVES This study translated the testing manual into Portuguese and assessed the inter-rater and test-retest reliabilities of the MAL, based up...