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Upper Extremity Strength Characteristics In Female Recreational Tennis Players With And Without Lateral Epicondylalgia, Ann M. Lucado, Morey J. Kolber, M. Samuel Cheng, John L. Echternach Sr.
Upper Extremity Strength Characteristics In Female Recreational Tennis Players With And Without Lateral Epicondylalgia, Ann M. Lucado, Morey J. Kolber, M. Samuel Cheng, John L. Echternach Sr.
Rehabilitation Sciences Faculty Publications
STUDY DESIGN: Descriptive, cross-sectional.
OBJECTIVES: To compare static strength characteristics of the upper extremity musculature in female recreational tennis players with lateral epicondylalgia to those of nonsymptomatic tennis players and a control group of women who did not play tennis.
BACKGROUND: There is a paucity of research describing the relationship between lateral epicondylalgia and strength characteristics of the upper extremity musculature, despite the functional relationship between the shoulder, elbow, and wrist.
METHODS: Sixty-three women were recruited into 3 groups (n = 21 per group): symptomatic tennis players (SIP) with lateral epicondylalgia, nonsymptomatic tennis players, and controls. Data collection was performed …
Test-Retest Reliability And Minimal Detectable Change Scores For The Timed "Up & Go" Test, The Six-Minute Walk Test, And Gait Speed In People With Alzheimer Disease, Julie D. Ries, John L. Echternach, Leah Nof, Michelle Gagnon Blodgett
Test-Retest Reliability And Minimal Detectable Change Scores For The Timed "Up & Go" Test, The Six-Minute Walk Test, And Gait Speed In People With Alzheimer Disease, Julie D. Ries, John L. Echternach, Leah Nof, Michelle Gagnon Blodgett
Rehabilitation Sciences Faculty Publications
Background. With the increasing incidence of Alzheimer disease (AD), determining the validity and reliability Of Outcome measures for people with this disease is necessary.
Objective. The goals of this study were to assess test-retest reliability of data for the Timed "Up & Go" Test (TUG), the Six-Minute Walk Test (6MWT), and gait speed and to calculate minimal detectable change (MDC) scores for each outcome measure. Performance differences between groups With mild to moderate AD and moderately severe to severe AD (as determined by the Functional Assessment Staging [FAST] scale) were Studied.
Design. This was a prospective, nonexperimental, descriptive methodological study. …
Reference Group Data For The Functional Gait Assessment, Martha L. Walker, Alvis G. Austin, Gina M. Banke, Suzanne R. Foxx, Lynn Gaetano, Laurie A. Gardner, Jill Mcelhiney, Kisiah Morris, Liz Penn
Reference Group Data For The Functional Gait Assessment, Martha L. Walker, Alvis G. Austin, Gina M. Banke, Suzanne R. Foxx, Lynn Gaetano, Laurie A. Gardner, Jill Mcelhiney, Kisiah Morris, Liz Penn
Rehabilitation Sciences Faculty Publications
Background and Purpose: The Functional Gait Assessment (FGA) is a clinical tool for evaluating performance in walking. The purpose of this study was to determine age-referenced norms for performance on the FGA in community-living older adults.
Subjects: Subjects were 200 adults, ages 40 to 89 years, living independently.
Methods: Each subject completed the FGA one time and was scored simultaneously by 2 testers.
Results: The intraclass correlation coefficient for interrater reliability was .93. Mean scores for the FGA ranged from 29/30 for adults in their 40s to 21/30 for adults in their 80s.
Discussion and Conclusion: Patient performance on the …
Patellofemoral Pain In Female Ballet Dancers: Correlation With Iliotibial Band Tightness And Tibial External Rotation, John Winslow, Evangeline Yoder
Patellofemoral Pain In Female Ballet Dancers: Correlation With Iliotibial Band Tightness And Tibial External Rotation, John Winslow, Evangeline Yoder
Rehabilitation Sciences Faculty Publications
Review of the literature reveals that ballet dancers have a high incidence of idiopathic patellofemoral pain. Twenty-four female ballet dancers were subjects in a study of the relationship between: 1) iliotibial band (ITB) tightness and patellofemoral pain, and 2) ITB tightness and degrees of tibial external rotation used in the dance demi-plie. Dancers were initially assessed by questionnaire to determine if any had knee pain. Twelve subjects mel the study criteria for patellofemoral pain, and 12 dancers without knee pain served as controls for the study. Iliotibial band tightness was measured (Ober test), and degrees of tibial external rotation used …