Home > Research > Publications & Outputs > Within-session reliability for inter-limb asymm...

Electronic data

  • Manscript - submitted

    Accepted author manuscript, 177 KB, PDF document

    Available under license: CC BY-NC: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

Links

Text available via DOI:

View graph of relations

Within-session reliability for inter-limb asymmetries in ankle dorsiflexion range of motion during the weight-bearing lunge test

Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

Published

Standard

Within-session reliability for inter-limb asymmetries in ankle dorsiflexion range of motion during the weight-bearing lunge test. / Howe, Louis P; Bampouras, Theo; North, Jamie et al.
In: International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy, Vol. 15, No. 1, 29.02.2020, p. 64-73.

Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

Harvard

APA

Vancouver

Howe LP, Bampouras T, North J, Waldron M. Within-session reliability for inter-limb asymmetries in ankle dorsiflexion range of motion during the weight-bearing lunge test. International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy. 2020 Feb 29;15(1):64-73. doi: 10.26603/ijspt20200064

Author

Howe, Louis P ; Bampouras, Theo ; North, Jamie et al. / Within-session reliability for inter-limb asymmetries in ankle dorsiflexion range of motion during the weight-bearing lunge test. In: International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy. 2020 ; Vol. 15, No. 1. pp. 64-73.

Bibtex

@article{ac1437a039aa48f180536c44060eac6e,
title = "Within-session reliability for inter-limb asymmetries in ankle dorsiflexion range of motion during the weight-bearing lunge test",
abstract = "Background: The identification of asymmetrical inter-limb ankle dorsiflexion range of motion (DF ROM) has the potential to influence the course of treatment during the rehabilitation process, with limitations in ankle DF ROM potentially increasing injury risk. However, reliability for methods to identify ankle DF ROM asymmetries remain under described in the literature.Purpose: To determine the reliability of the trigonometric calculation method for measuring ankle DF ROM during the weight-bearing lunge test (WBLT) for both a single limb and the symmetry values. The secondary purpose was to establish values of ankle DF ROM asymmetry and identify the influence of leg dominance on ankle DF ROM.Study Design: Cross-sectional study.Methods: Ankle DF ROM was measured bilaterally in 50 healthy and recreationally active participants (28 men, 22 women, age = 22 ± 4 years, height = 172.8 ± 10.8 cm, body mass 71.5 ± 15.1 kg), using the trigonometric measurement method during the WBLT. Each ankle was measured twice in a single testing session to establish within-session reliability.Results: Values are presented for asymmetries in DF ROM. No differences were identified between the dominant and non-dominant limb (p = 0.862). Within-session reliability for measuring a single limb was classified as 'good' (ICC = 0.98) with a minimal detectable change value of 1.7 °. For measuring ankle DF ROM asymmetry, reliability was established as 'good' (ICC = 0.85) and a minimal detectable change value of 2.1 ° was determined.Conclusions: Although symmetry in ankle DF ROM may not be assumed, the magnitude of asymmetry may be less than previously reported in a population of recreationally active individuals. Discrepancies between previous research and the findings of the present study may have been impacted by differences in measurement methods. Furthermore, clinicians should be aware that the error associated with measures of asymmetry for ankle DF ROM during the WBLT is greater than that of a single limb.Level of Evidence: 2b.",
keywords = "ankle dorsiflexion, inter-limb asymmetry, reliability, trigonometric calculation method",
author = "Howe, {Louis P} and Theo Bampouras and Jamie North and Mark Waldron",
note = "{\textcopyright} 2020 by the Sports Physical Therapy Section.",
year = "2020",
month = feb,
day = "29",
doi = "10.26603/ijspt20200064",
language = "English",
volume = "15",
pages = "64--73",
journal = "International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy",
issn = "2159-2896",
publisher = "North American Sports Medicine Institute",
number = "1",

}

RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - Within-session reliability for inter-limb asymmetries in ankle dorsiflexion range of motion during the weight-bearing lunge test

AU - Howe, Louis P

AU - Bampouras, Theo

AU - North, Jamie

AU - Waldron, Mark

N1 - © 2020 by the Sports Physical Therapy Section.

PY - 2020/2/29

Y1 - 2020/2/29

N2 - Background: The identification of asymmetrical inter-limb ankle dorsiflexion range of motion (DF ROM) has the potential to influence the course of treatment during the rehabilitation process, with limitations in ankle DF ROM potentially increasing injury risk. However, reliability for methods to identify ankle DF ROM asymmetries remain under described in the literature.Purpose: To determine the reliability of the trigonometric calculation method for measuring ankle DF ROM during the weight-bearing lunge test (WBLT) for both a single limb and the symmetry values. The secondary purpose was to establish values of ankle DF ROM asymmetry and identify the influence of leg dominance on ankle DF ROM.Study Design: Cross-sectional study.Methods: Ankle DF ROM was measured bilaterally in 50 healthy and recreationally active participants (28 men, 22 women, age = 22 ± 4 years, height = 172.8 ± 10.8 cm, body mass 71.5 ± 15.1 kg), using the trigonometric measurement method during the WBLT. Each ankle was measured twice in a single testing session to establish within-session reliability.Results: Values are presented for asymmetries in DF ROM. No differences were identified between the dominant and non-dominant limb (p = 0.862). Within-session reliability for measuring a single limb was classified as 'good' (ICC = 0.98) with a minimal detectable change value of 1.7 °. For measuring ankle DF ROM asymmetry, reliability was established as 'good' (ICC = 0.85) and a minimal detectable change value of 2.1 ° was determined.Conclusions: Although symmetry in ankle DF ROM may not be assumed, the magnitude of asymmetry may be less than previously reported in a population of recreationally active individuals. Discrepancies between previous research and the findings of the present study may have been impacted by differences in measurement methods. Furthermore, clinicians should be aware that the error associated with measures of asymmetry for ankle DF ROM during the WBLT is greater than that of a single limb.Level of Evidence: 2b.

AB - Background: The identification of asymmetrical inter-limb ankle dorsiflexion range of motion (DF ROM) has the potential to influence the course of treatment during the rehabilitation process, with limitations in ankle DF ROM potentially increasing injury risk. However, reliability for methods to identify ankle DF ROM asymmetries remain under described in the literature.Purpose: To determine the reliability of the trigonometric calculation method for measuring ankle DF ROM during the weight-bearing lunge test (WBLT) for both a single limb and the symmetry values. The secondary purpose was to establish values of ankle DF ROM asymmetry and identify the influence of leg dominance on ankle DF ROM.Study Design: Cross-sectional study.Methods: Ankle DF ROM was measured bilaterally in 50 healthy and recreationally active participants (28 men, 22 women, age = 22 ± 4 years, height = 172.8 ± 10.8 cm, body mass 71.5 ± 15.1 kg), using the trigonometric measurement method during the WBLT. Each ankle was measured twice in a single testing session to establish within-session reliability.Results: Values are presented for asymmetries in DF ROM. No differences were identified between the dominant and non-dominant limb (p = 0.862). Within-session reliability for measuring a single limb was classified as 'good' (ICC = 0.98) with a minimal detectable change value of 1.7 °. For measuring ankle DF ROM asymmetry, reliability was established as 'good' (ICC = 0.85) and a minimal detectable change value of 2.1 ° was determined.Conclusions: Although symmetry in ankle DF ROM may not be assumed, the magnitude of asymmetry may be less than previously reported in a population of recreationally active individuals. Discrepancies between previous research and the findings of the present study may have been impacted by differences in measurement methods. Furthermore, clinicians should be aware that the error associated with measures of asymmetry for ankle DF ROM during the WBLT is greater than that of a single limb.Level of Evidence: 2b.

KW - ankle dorsiflexion

KW - inter-limb asymmetry

KW - reliability

KW - trigonometric calculation method

U2 - 10.26603/ijspt20200064

DO - 10.26603/ijspt20200064

M3 - Journal article

VL - 15

SP - 64

EP - 73

JO - International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy

JF - International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy

SN - 2159-2896

IS - 1

ER -