Reliability in measuring the range of motion of the aging cervical spine

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dc.contributor.authorSinha, Juhi
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeReady, Elizabeth (Kinesiology and Recreation Management) Shay, Barbara (Medical Rehabilitation)en
dc.contributor.supervisorPorter, Michelle (Kinesiology and Recreation Management)en
dc.date.accessioned2011-04-05T14:36:42Z
dc.date.available2011-04-05T14:36:42Z
dc.date.issued2011-04-05T14:36:42Z
dc.degree.disciplineKinesiology and Recreation Managementen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Science (M.Sc.)en_US
dc.description.abstractThe purposes of this study were to: 1) determine absolute intrarater reliability of using the cervical range of motion device (CROM) for measuring cervical movements in older adults, and 2) determine the intrarater reliability and concurrent validity of the Candrive protocol, which uses a universal goniometer to measure rotation. Forty older adults (75.7 + 4.7 years of age) were tested in two sessions, one week apart, by two raters. Intrarater reliability scores were good for the CROM protocol (coefficient of variation (CV) values were 5.5% and 6.2 % for cervical rotation). The Candrive protocol values were higher (CV = 7.9 and 9.4%). Concordance analyses suggested that the Candrive protocol was less than good in terms of its validity, particularly when order effects were taken into consideration. In conclusion, the CROM protocol demonstrated good reliability for either group or individual analyses, whereas the Candrive protocol was less reliable and its validity marginal.en
dc.description.noteMay 2011en
dc.format.extent690855 bytes
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/4437
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectcervical spineen
dc.subjectrange of motionen
dc.subjectreliabilityen
dc.subjectvalidityen
dc.subjectintrarater reliabilityen
dc.subjectinterrater reliabilityen
dc.subjectagingen
dc.subjectolder adultsen
dc.subjectjoint flexibilityen
dc.subjectphysical activityen
dc.titleReliability in measuring the range of motion of the aging cervical spineen
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
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