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  • Intrarater and Interrater Reliability of Select Clinical Tests in Patients Referred for Diagnostic Facet Joint Blocks in the Cervical Spine

    Author(s)
    Schneider, GM
    Jull, G
    Thomas, K
    Smith, A
    Emery, C
    Faris, P
    Schneider, K
    Salo, P
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Smith, Ashley D.
    Year published
    2013
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    Abstract
    Objective To measure the intra- and interrater reliability of select standardized clinical tests used for the assessment of patients with axial neck pain referred for diagnostic facet joint blocks. Design Single-group, repeated-measures study. Setting Tertiary interventional pain management center. Participants Consecutive patients with persistent neck pain, referred to a tertiary interventional pain management center, were approached to participate. Fifty-six patients consented to participate in the study. Interventions Subjects underwent a standardized clinical testing protocol, performed by 2 physiotherapists, ...
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    Objective To measure the intra- and interrater reliability of select standardized clinical tests used for the assessment of patients with axial neck pain referred for diagnostic facet joint blocks. Design Single-group, repeated-measures study. Setting Tertiary interventional pain management center. Participants Consecutive patients with persistent neck pain, referred to a tertiary interventional pain management center, were approached to participate. Fifty-six patients consented to participate in the study. Interventions Subjects underwent a standardized clinical testing protocol, performed by 2 physiotherapists, before receiving diagnostic facet joint blocks. Subjects were examined twice by 1 assessor for the determination of the intrarater reliability of the testing protocol, and again by a second assessor for determination of interrater reliability. Main Outcome Measures Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs), kappa coefficients, and 95% confidence intervals were calculated to determine the intra- and interrater reliability for cervical range of motion (ROM; 6 directions), extension-rotation (ER) test, manual spinal examination (MSE), and palpation for paraspinal tenderness (PST) from C2 through C7. Results For intrarater reliability, kappa coefficients ranged from .51 to .88 for the ER test, MSE, and PST, and ICCs ranged from .91 to .97 for ROM. For interrater reliability, kappa coefficients ranged from .74 to .96 for the ER test, MSE, and PST, and ICCs ranged from .90 to .95 for ROM. Conclusions The standardized clinical tests exhibited moderate to substantial reliability in patients with axial neck pain referred for diagnostic facet joint blocks. The data justify the incorporation of these tests into a clinical prediction model to screen patients before referral for diagnostic facet blocks.
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    Journal Title
    Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    Volume
    94
    Issue
    8
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2013.02.015
    Subject
    Clinical sciences
    Physiotherapy
    Sports science and exercise
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/70221
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