TY - JOUR
T1 - Timed motor test for wheelchair users
T2 - initial development and application in children with spinal cord injury.
AU - Chafetz, Ross
AU - McDonald, Craig M
AU - Mulcahey, M. J.
AU - Betz, Randal
AU - Anderson, Caroline
AU - Vogel, Lawrence
AU - Gaughan, John P.
AU - Martin, Susan
AU - O'Dell, Mary Ann
AU - Flanagan, Ann
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to describe the development and preliminary results of reliability testing of the timed motor test (TMT), a performance-based measure of functional status for children with a spinal cord injury (SCI) who use a manual wheelchair. This study will also provide pilot data using the TMT to examine the impact of thoracolumbosacral orthoses (TLSO) on function in children with a SCI. STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional observational study. METHODS/PARTICIPANTS: This study enrolled 11 subjects with SCI. The TMT consisted of donning a shirt, donning pants, even transfers, uneven transfers, and propelling a wheelchair 80 feet and up a ramp of 45 feet. Nine subjects completed the TMT with and without a TLSO, and 6 subjects (4 of whom also completed the TMT with and without a TLSO) completed the reliability testing. RESULTS: Except for donning pants, the intertester and intratester reliability of the TMT was fair-to-good with intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) of 0.60 or greater. When wearing a TLSO, participants were slower at donning a shirt, donning pants, performing even and uneven transfers, and hallway propulsion (P < 0.05). There was a preference for not wearing a TLSO for dressing and transfer skills. CONCLUSION: In general, the TMT for wheelchair users had fair-to-good intertester and intratester reliability. Based on these pilot data, there was an increase in time to complete several functional tasks because of the use of a TLSO as measured by the TMT in children with a SCI.
AB - OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to describe the development and preliminary results of reliability testing of the timed motor test (TMT), a performance-based measure of functional status for children with a spinal cord injury (SCI) who use a manual wheelchair. This study will also provide pilot data using the TMT to examine the impact of thoracolumbosacral orthoses (TLSO) on function in children with a SCI. STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional observational study. METHODS/PARTICIPANTS: This study enrolled 11 subjects with SCI. The TMT consisted of donning a shirt, donning pants, even transfers, uneven transfers, and propelling a wheelchair 80 feet and up a ramp of 45 feet. Nine subjects completed the TMT with and without a TLSO, and 6 subjects (4 of whom also completed the TMT with and without a TLSO) completed the reliability testing. RESULTS: Except for donning pants, the intertester and intratester reliability of the TMT was fair-to-good with intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) of 0.60 or greater. When wearing a TLSO, participants were slower at donning a shirt, donning pants, performing even and uneven transfers, and hallway propulsion (P < 0.05). There was a preference for not wearing a TLSO for dressing and transfer skills. CONCLUSION: In general, the TMT for wheelchair users had fair-to-good intertester and intratester reliability. Based on these pilot data, there was an increase in time to complete several functional tasks because of the use of a TLSO as measured by the TMT in children with a SCI.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 15503701
AN - SCOPUS:16544372738
VL - 27 Suppl 1
JO - Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine
JF - Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine
SN - 1079-0268
ER -