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Interexaminer Reliability of Seated Motion Palpation for the Stiffest Spinal Site

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Structural and chiropractic

J Manipulative Physiol Ther.2018 Sep;41(7):571-579.

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K Holt, D Russell, R Cooperstein, M Young, M Sherson, H Haavik

Abstract.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess the interexaminer reliability of palpation for stiffness in the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spinal regions.Methods: In this secondary data analysis, data from 70 patients from a chiropractic college outpatient clinic were analyzed. Two doctors of chiropractic palpated for the stiffest site within each spinal region. Each were asked to select the stiffest segment and to rate their confidence in their palpation findings. Reliability between examiners was calculated as Median Absolute Examiner Differences (MedianAED) and data dispersion as Median Absolute Deviation (MAD). Interquartile analysis of the paired examiner differences was performed.Results: In total, 210 paired observations were analyzed. Nonparametric data precluded reliability determination using intraclass correlation. Findings included lumbar MedianAED = 0.5 vertebral equivalents (VE), thoracic = 1.7 VE, and cervical = 1.4 VE. For the combined dataset, the findings were MedianAED = 1.1 VE; MAD was lowest in the lumbar spine (0.3 VE) and highest in thoracic spine (1.4 VE), and for the combined dataset, MAD = 1.1 VE. Examiners agreed on the segment or the motion segment containing the stiffest site in 54% of the observations.Conclusions: Interexaminer reliability for palpation was good between 2 clinicians for the stiffest site in each region of the spine and in the combined dataset. This is consistent with previous studies of motion palpation using continuous analysis.

Publication Date: 

2018 Sep

OEID: 

5919

Holt, K., Russell, D., Cooperstein, R., Young, M., Sherson, M., Haavik, H. (2018) 'Interexaminer Reliability of Seated Motion Palpation for the Stiffest Spinal Site', J Manipulative Physiol Ther.2018 Sep;41(7):571-579.

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