The development of a battery of measures for assessing physical functioning of chronic pain patients
| Autor: | Charles E. Pither, Michael K. Nicholas, P.H. Richardson, Jo L. Jackson, Irène H. Richardson, Amanda C. de C. Williams, Vicki Harding |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Physical Exertion Posture Population Physical fitness Pain Walking Test validity Grip strength Physical medicine and rehabilitation Hand strength medicine Humans education Postural Balance Aged Pain Measurement Aged 80 and over Observer Variation education.field_of_study Hand Strength business.industry Stair climbing Chronic pain Middle Aged medicine.disease Low back pain Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Neurology Chronic Disease Physical Endurance Physical therapy Female Neurology (clinical) medicine.symptom Psychology business human activities |
| Zdroj: | Pain. 58:367-375 |
| ISSN: | 0304-3959 |
| Popis: | The physical performance of chronic pain patients is of major concern both for their assessment and for treatment evaluation. However, there are few widely used physical tests, a shortage of reliability and validity data on published tests, and an over-reliance on self-report or on clinical measures of dubious generalisability. A set of tests was designed to cover speed and endurance in walking, stair climbing, standing up from a chair, sit-ups, arm endurance, grip strength, and peak flow. Standard instructions and testing conditions were used by a trained tester on a population of chronic pain patients before and after a cognitive-behavioural chronic pain management programme. Reliability, validity, and acceptability of each test was examined, and recommendations made for their relative utility. |
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