RELIABILITY OF GONIOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS OF CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY
- 1 October 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
- Vol. 30 (5) , 657-666
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8749.1988.tb04805.x
Abstract
The reliability of five lower-extremity goniometric measurements of 20 patients with moderate to severe hypertonicity was assessed by three pediatric physical therapists. The measurements were repeated on five of the children within one week. Intra-rater variation was less than inter-rater variation for all measurements, but variations of 10 to 15.degree. were found between the measurements made in the two sessions by the same rater. Variations of more than 15.degree. were found in inter-rater measurements. Intra-rater reliability was acceptable for measurements of hip extension, hip abduction and knee extension, but not for straight-leg raising or dorsiflexion.This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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