Inter-tester reliability of discriminatory examination items for sub-classifying non-specific low back pain

dc.contributor.author	Μπίλλη, Ευδοκία	el
dc.contributor.author	McCarthy, Christopher J.	en
dc.contributor.author	Γκλιάτης, Ιωάννης	el
dc.contributor.author	Gittins, Matthiew	en
dc.contributor.author	Παπανδρέου, Μαρία	el
dc.date.accessioned	2015-04-16T18:12:32Z
dc.date.available	2015-04-16T18:12:32Z
dc.date.issued	2015-04-16
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/8454
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
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dc.source	http://www.medicaljournals.se/jrm/content/?doi=10.2340/16501977-0950	en
dc.subject	Μη-ειδική οσφυαλγία
dc.subject	Κλινική εξέταση
dc.subject	Ταξινόμηση
dc.subject	non-specific low back pain
dc.subject	clinical examination
dc.subject	classification
dc.title	Inter-tester reliability of discriminatory examination items for sub-classifying non-specific low back pain	el
heal.type	journalArticle
heal.classification	Ιατρική
heal.classification	Φυσικοθεραπεία
heal.classification	Medicine
heal.classification	Physiotherapy
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heal.contributorName	Oldham, Jacqueline A.	el
heal.identifier.secondary	DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0950
heal.language	en
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heal.recordProvider	Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα Αθήνας. Σχολή Επαγγελμάτων Υγείας και Πρόνοιας. Τμήμα Φυσικοθεραπείας	el
heal.publicationDate	2012
heal.bibliographicCitation	Billis, Ε., McCarthy, C.J., Gliatis, J., Gittins, M. and Papandreou, M. et al. (2012). Inter-tester reliability of discriminatory examination items for sub-classifying non-specific low back pain. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine. [Online] 44 (10). pp.851-857. Available from: http://www.medicaljournals.se [Accessed 16/04/2015]	en
heal.abstract	OBJECTIVE: To investigate the inter-tester reliability of a non-specific low back pain examination procedure, for sub-classifying non-specific low back pain. DESIGN: Reliability study. PARTICIPANTS: Thirty patients with non-specific low back pain (12 males, 18 females, mean age: 27.7 years (standard deviation 10.3) and 7 physiotherapists (raters). METHODS: Based on a health professionals’ consensus via focus groups and a Delphi servey, an examination procedure was developed comprising 206 items discriminatory for non-specific low back pain, 108 of which were from the History (clinical questions) and 98 from the Physical Examination (clinical tests) section. Utilizing this procedure, each patient was examined by a blinded pair of raters. RESULTS: Moderate to excellent agreement was obtained in 125 (61%) items (77 History and 48 Physical Examination items), 47 of which obtained substantial or excellent agreement (kappa >0.61), 37 moderate agreement (kappa between 0.41 and 0.6), and 41 excellent percentage agreements. Poor reliability (kappa < 0.41) was yielded in the remaining 81 items (31 History and 50 Physical Examination items). CONCLUSION: Satisfactory reliability was obtained in nearly two-thirds of History and half of the Physical Examination items on a non-specific low back pain assessment list generated through consensus agreement. These findings provide clinicians and researchers with valuable information regarding which items are considered reliable and can be utilized in non-specific low back pain patient evaluation/assessment procedures, classification attempts and clinical trials.	en
heal.journalName	Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine	en
heal.journalType	peer-reviewed
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