Reliability of the box and block test of manual dexterity for use with patients with fibromyalgia
| Autor: | Jeffrey M. Thompson, Mark L Canny, Mikel J Wheeler |
|---|---|
| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty Fibromyalgia Intraclass correlation Population Block (permutation group theory) Disability Evaluation Physical medicine and rehabilitation Occupational Therapy Task Performance and Analysis medicine Humans In patient education Reliability (statistics) education.field_of_study Reproducibility of Results Middle Aged medicine.disease Hand Test (assessment) Motor Skills Case-Control Studies Physical therapy Female Analysis of variance Psychomotor Disorders Psychology |
| Zdroj: | The American journal of occupational therapy : official publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association. 63(4) |
| ISSN: | 0272-9490 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE. The aim of this study was to determine the reliability of the Box and Block (B&B) Test of Manual Dexterity for upper-extremity function in patients with fibromyalgia and to compare their results with those of healthy control participants. METHOD. We assessed reliability of the B&B Test within and between testers using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). We compared fibromyalgia patient (n = 30) and control group (n = 30) scores using analysis of variance and population-based normative data. RESULTS. The B&B Test was reliable with ICCs of .90 to .85. Fibromyalgia patients’ B&B Test scores were significantly lower (more impaired) than those of the control group and standardized norms. CONCLUSIONS. The B&B Test is a reliable measure of upper-extremity function in fibromyalgia patients and is able to reveal a reduction in upper-extremity function in these patients compared with both healthy control participants and normative scores. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|