Psychometric Characteristics and Clinical Usefulness of Physical Performance Tests in Patients With Low Back Pain

J. Simmonds, Maureen; L. Olson, Sharon; Jones, Stanley; Hussein, Tarek; Lee, C.Ellen; M. Novy, Diane; Radwan, Hamdy

doi:10.1097/00007632-199811150-00011

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Psychometric Characteristics and Clinical Usefulness of Physical Performance Tests in Patients With Low Back Pain

Published in Spine • Nov 1, 1998

Authors:

Maureen J. Simmonds

Sharon L. Olson

Stanley Jones

Abstract

STUDY DESIGN: The psychometric properties and clinical use of a battery of physical performance measures were tested on 44 patients with low back pain and 48 healthy, pain-free control subjects. OBJECTIVES: Reliability, validity, and clinical use of nine physical performance measures were evaluated....

Subject

Medicine

Intraclass correlation

Physical therapy

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