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| Reliability of timed-functional movements for clinical assessment of a frail elderly population | | Author(s) | Stephanie L Rehm-Gelin, Kathye E Light, Jane E Freund |
| Journal title | Physical & Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics, vol 15, no 1, 1997 |
| Pages | pp 1-22 |
| Source | Haworth Document Delivery Center, Haworth Press, Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580, USA. |
| Keywords | Mobility ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Light's Timed-Functional-Movements (TFMs) battery is a timed functional mobility assessment for older people. This study investigates the concurrent validity of on-site to videotape timing of the TFMs, followed by interrater, intrarater, and test-retest reliability of the TMFs battery with a group of 20 frail older people. Test movements were timed and videotaped by a primary examiner. After establishing the high concurrent validity of videotape timing, the interrater, intrarater and test-retest reliability of the TFMs were examined by videotape timed measures. This methodology was chosen to allow the test-retest reliability of the client's performance to be separated from the therapist's intrarater reliability. Reliability measures were calculated using intra-class correlation coefficients (ICCs). The TFMs battery was found to be easily administered, with high inter-rater and intrarater reliability, moderate to high test-retest reliability, and high concurrent validity of the on-site to videotape analysis. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981110222 A |
| Classmark | C4: 4C: 7T |
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