Agreement between physiotherapists on quality of movement rated via videotape

Pomeroy, V. M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4487-823X, Pramanik, A., Sykes, L., Richards, J. and Hill, E. (2003) Agreement between physiotherapists on quality of movement rated via videotape. Clinical Rehabilitation, 17 (3). pp. 264-272.

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Abstract

Background: Although achieving quality of movement after stroke is an important aim of physiotherapy it is rarely measured objectively or described explicitly. Objective: To test whether physiotherapists agree on a composite measure of quality of movement. Setting: A movement analysis laboratory Subjects: Ten stroke patients and 10 healthy age-matched volunteers. Design: Prospective correlational. Procedure: All subjects were videofilmed performing three trials of six standardized functional tasks. Two videotapes were made, each with a different randomized order of appearance of the trials. Ten senior physiotherapists independently rated the videotapes twice using a 100-mm visual analogue scale. Analysis: Analysis of variance models were fitted to transformed data. Estimates of components of variance were calculated and presented as a percentage of the total variance for differences, within subjects (intra-subject), between raters (inter-rater) and within raters (intra-rater). An acceptable percentage was set at less than 10%. Results: The percentage of intra-subject variance ranged from 1% (pick up box and walking) to 9% (step on block). The percentage of inter-rater variance ranged from 18% (pick up pencil) to 38% (sit to stand). The percentage of intra-rater variance was less than 1% for all tasks. Conclusions: Although physiotherapists disagreed with each other on quality of movement they were more consistent in their own scoring.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Allied Health Professions (former - to 2013)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Rehabilitation Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Lifespan Health Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Norwich Clinical Trials Unit
Depositing User:	EPrints Services
Date Deposited:	25 Nov 2010 11:10
Last Modified:	25 Apr 2024 10:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/13463
DOI:	10.1191/0269215503cr607oa

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