ArticleBMC musculoskeletal disorders2014
Reliability of movement control tests on the cervical spine.
Article in BMC musculoskeletal disorders, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06189612 (Is the Combination of Manual Therapy and Movement Control Exercises More Effective Than Manual Therapy and Standard Exercises in a Population of Patients With Chronic Neck Pain to Reduce Neck Disability? A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers.
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Is the Combination of Manual Therapy and Movement Control Exercises More Effective Than Manual Therapy and Standard Exercises in a Population of Patients With Chronic Neck Pain to Reduce Neck Disability? A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Effect of therapeutic exercise routine on pain, disability, posture, and health status in dentists with chronic neck pain: a randomized controlled trial.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2020Trial
- Intertester and intratester reliability of a movement control test battery for patients with knee osteoarthritis and controls.Journal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions · 2017Trial
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- Neck- and balance related complaints in subjects with visual impairment and ongoing inpatient-rehabilitation: an exploratory cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2026Observational
- Reliability of Diagnostic Tests for Movement System Impairment-based Categories of Mechanical Neck Pain.The archives of bone and joint surgery · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundMovement control impairment reduces active control of movement. Patients with this might form an important subgroup among patients with mechanical cervical pain. Diagnosis is based on the observation of active movement tests. Although widely used clinically, few studies have been performed to determine the reliability of a test battery. The aim of this study was to determine the inter-tester reliability of movement control impairment [MCI] tests on the cervical spine.
methodsForty-five subjects (31 patients with neck pain, 14 healthy controls) were videotaped while performing a standardized test battery consisting of 13 tests of active movement control. Using observation, two experienced physiotherapists independently rated test performances as correct or incorrect. One of them was blinded to all other patient information and both to each other. Kappa coefficients and 95% confidence intervals [CI] for inter-tester results were calculated.
resultsThe kappa values for inter-tester reliability ranged in from 0.47-1.0 of the 13 tests, 2 demonstrated perfect reliability (k = 1.0), 4 excellent (k 0.81-0.99), 6 substantial (k 0.61-0.8) and 1 good (k 0.41-0.6).
conclusionsThe physiotherapists were able reliably rate the majority the tests in this series of motor control tasks. There have been studies performed describing the assessment and treatment of movement control impairment problems and low back pain. However, no study has involved the assessment of the cervical dysfunction subgroup. This study presents a reliable test battery, for clinical use, to perform more specific examination of this subgroup.
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