Validity and Reliability of Modified Sphygmomanometer Versus Jamar Dynamometer in Measuring Hand Grip Strength for Patients with Distal Radius Fractures | ||||
| The Medical Journal of Cairo University | ||||
| Volume 92, Issue 09, September 2024, Page 849-856 PDF (200.15 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/mjcu.2024.390038 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
| EMAN H. ANWAR, M.Sc.*; SALWA F. ABD EL MAJEED, Ph.D.*; MOHAMED E. SHALABY, Ph.D.* and EMAD A. ABDEL ATI, M.D.** | ||||
| The Department of Physical Therapy for Musculoskeletal Disorder and its Surgery*, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University and Orthopedics Department**, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Abstract Background: The modified sphygmomanometer and Jamar grip dynamometer are important tools to measure the hand grip strength (HGS). Aim of Study: Is to test the concurrent validity, interrater and test-retest reliability of bag modified sphygmomanometer and Jamar grip dynamometer. Subjects and Methods: Seventy patients of distal radi-us fracture (67 colles’ and 3 smith fracture) with mean age 45.03±10.45 years, were recruited to evaluate the grip strength by Jamar grip dynamometer and bag modified sphygmoma-nometer after being updated with the aneroid sphygmomanom-eter (KBM). Validity was explained by the correlation between the strength of hand grip that was assessed by modified sphyg-momanometer and Jamar dynamometer by Person Correlation Coefficient. Test-retest reliability and inter-rater reliability were expressed as Intra-class Correlation Coefficients (ICCs). All data was analyzed by (SPSS) version 25 for windows. Results: There was a correlation between strength of hand grip that was assessed by modified sphygmomanometer and Ja-mar dynamometer; was strong correlation with positive signif-icant in concurrent validity (r=0.852, p=0.001), The modified sphygmomanometer showed excellent in test-retest reliability with Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was 0.996 and in interrater reliability with 0.993 Intraclass correlation coeffi-cient. Conclusion: The bag modified sphygmomanometer is a concurrently valid, test-retest and interrater reliable device to measure hand grip of distal radius fracture patients with differ-ent gender and fixation types. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Distal radius fracture; Grip dynamometer; Bag modified sphygmomanometer; Pneumatic grip in-struments; Hydraulic grip instruments | ||||
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