TY - JOUR
T1 - The wheelchair circuit: Reliability of a test assess mobility in persons with spinal cord injuries
AU - Kilkens, O.J.E.
AU - Post, M.W.M.
AU - van der Woude, L.H.V.
AU - Dallmeijer, A.J.
AU - van der Heuvel, W.J.A.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Objective: To assess the reliability of a 9-task wheelchair circuit. Design: Three test trials per subject were conducted by 2 raters. Inter- and intrarater reliability were examined. Setting: Eight rehabilitation centers in the Netherlands. Participants: Convenience sample of 27 patients (age, ≥18y) with spinal cord injury (SCI), all of whom were in the final stage of their inpatient rehabilitation. Intervention: A wheelchair circuit was developed to assess mobility in subjects with SCI. The circuit consisted of 9 tasks: figure-of-8 shape, doorstep crossing, mounting a platform, sprint, walking, driving up treadmill slopes of 3% and 6%, wheelchair driving and transfer. Main Outcome Measures: Task feasibility, task performance time, and peak heart rates. Results: The number of tasks that subjects could perform varied from 3 to 9. Feasibility intrarater reliability was .98, and the interrater reliability intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was .97. Performance time ICCs ranged from .70 to .99 (mean, .88) for intrarater reliability and from .76 to .98 (mean, .92) for interrater reliability. Heart rate ICCs ranged from .64 to .96 (mean, .81) for intrarater reliability and from .82 to .99 (mean, .89) for interrater reliability. Conclusions: The reliability of the wheelchair circuit was good. More research is needed to assess test validity and responsiveness. © 2002 by the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
AB - Objective: To assess the reliability of a 9-task wheelchair circuit. Design: Three test trials per subject were conducted by 2 raters. Inter- and intrarater reliability were examined. Setting: Eight rehabilitation centers in the Netherlands. Participants: Convenience sample of 27 patients (age, ≥18y) with spinal cord injury (SCI), all of whom were in the final stage of their inpatient rehabilitation. Intervention: A wheelchair circuit was developed to assess mobility in subjects with SCI. The circuit consisted of 9 tasks: figure-of-8 shape, doorstep crossing, mounting a platform, sprint, walking, driving up treadmill slopes of 3% and 6%, wheelchair driving and transfer. Main Outcome Measures: Task feasibility, task performance time, and peak heart rates. Results: The number of tasks that subjects could perform varied from 3 to 9. Feasibility intrarater reliability was .98, and the interrater reliability intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was .97. Performance time ICCs ranged from .70 to .99 (mean, .88) for intrarater reliability and from .76 to .98 (mean, .92) for interrater reliability. Heart rate ICCs ranged from .64 to .96 (mean, .81) for intrarater reliability and from .82 to .99 (mean, .89) for interrater reliability. Conclusions: The reliability of the wheelchair circuit was good. More research is needed to assess test validity and responsiveness. © 2002 by the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
U2 - 10.1053/apmr.2002.36066
DO - 10.1053/apmr.2002.36066
M3 - Article
SN - 0003-9993
VL - 83
SP - 1783
EP - 1788
JO - Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
JF - Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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