A Test to Measure Lift Capacity of Physically Impaired Adults Part 1—Development and Reliability Testing

Matheson, Leonard N.; Mooney, Vert; Grant, Janet E.; Affleck, Michael; Hall, Hamilton; Melles, Tony; Lichter, Rowlin L.; McIntosh, Greg

doi:10.1097/00007632-199510000-00010

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“…Excluded for the program were patients with acute low back pain, specific diagnoses related to low back pain (for example disk herniations) and patients with co-morbidity (additional diagnoses unrelated to low back pain). For the FCE specifically, patients whose blood pressures and heart rate in rest exceeded 100 mmHg (diastolic), 159 mmHg (systolic) and 90 beats per minute respectively were excluded [18]. In-and exclusion for the program and FCE was performed by a physiatrist.…”

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“…A heart rate ceiling of 85% of a patient's age related maximum heart rate ([220 − age] × 0.85) was set on a heart rate monitor. Testing was terminated when the patient's heart rate met or exceeded this criterion [18].…”

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“…With regard to safety during FCEs or lifting assessments, the statements of other researchers are similar. Safety (or unsafety) is referred to as 'prevention of further injury' [25], 'significant complications or injury' [26] or 'report of injuries' [18]. Our operational definition of safety resembles those.…”

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Symptom Increase Following a Functional Capacity Evaluation in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain: An Explorative Study of Safety

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Symptom increase following a functional capacity evaluation in patients with chronic low back pain Reneman, Michiel; Kuijer, W.; Brouwer, S.; Schiphorst Preuper, H.R.; Preuper, H.R.S.; Groothoff, J.W.; Geertzen, Jan H.B; Dijkstra, Pieter U. Take-down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. Abstract Introduction: This study was performed to study intensity and duration of symptom increase following an FCE and to explore safety of an FCE. Methods: Included were 92 patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP), mean age 38.5 years, mean self-reported disability 12.5 (Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire). All patients underwent an FCE. Symptom increase was measured with a 2-item questionnaire. Operational definition for safety: no formal complaint filed and symptom increase to occur only temporarily. Results: No formal complaints were filed (n = 92). In total, 54 patients returned the questionnaire (59%; 'responders'). Of the responders, 76% reported increased symptom intensity after an FCE, ranging from 'little increase' to 'severe increase'. Symptoms of all responders returned to pre-FCE level. Duration of symptom increase of the responders ranged from 1 day to 3 weeks. Symptom increase resided to pre-FCE level within 1 week in 93% of the responders. Symptom increase was weakly related to selfreported disability (r = 0.38, p < 0.05). Except for gender, differences between responders and non-responders were non-significant. Conclusion: A temporary increase in symptom intensity following an FCE is common. Within the operational definitions of safety used in this study, assessment of functional capacity of patients with CLBP appears safe.

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Symptom Increase Following a Functional Capacity Evaluation in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain: An Explorative Study of Safety

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“…3,[13][14][15][16] In these standards, reliability and validity are of paramount importance. Although the reliability of some scores from FCE subtests 17,18 and some FCE batteries 19 has been studied, limited reliability data are available for most FCEs. 20 In general, FCE scores have been shown to be reliable when strict operational definitions are developed and implemented.…”

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Relationships Among Lifting Ability, Grip Force, and Return to Work

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Isernhagen

Hart³

2002

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Background and Purpose. The relationship between functional capacity evaluation (FCE) data and work disability has not been studied. The validity of FCE testing results in terms of subsequent return to work (RTW) was the focus of this exploratory study. Subjects and Methods. Six hundred fifty adults of working age were evaluated as part of a standardized FCE. Clients were contacted by telephone 6 months after the FCE to determine their work status. Predictor variables were gender, age, time off work, maximum safe loads during 3 dynamic lifts, and isometric grip force. Other variables measured were whether or not the client returned to work (RTW-Y/N) and level of return to work (RTW level). Results. A multivariate logistic regression analysis demonstrated that the more time a worker was away from work, the less likely was RTW. Male subjects were less likely to return to work than female subjects. The more weight lifted from floor to waist, the more likely was RTW. The logistic regression equation correctly classified 80.3% of the subjects who returned to work and 56.6% of the subjects who did not return to work. Each of the 3 lift tests was related to RTW level, whereas the grip force tests were not related to either RTW-Y/N or RTW level. Discussion and Conclusion. Time off work and gender were the strongest predictors of RTW, but certain FCE subtests of lifting were related to RTW and RTW level for people with work-related chronic symptoms. Grip force was not related to RTW. [Matheson LN, Isernhagen SJ, Hart DL. Relationships among lifting ability, grip force, and return to work. Phys Ther. 2002;82:249 -256.]

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“…[21][22][23] Therefore, before this study, it was expected that a pain increase would occur. From the results of the present study, it can be concluded that DOMS generally occurs in healthy participants and is only minimally related to sex and age.…”

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