Measuring Quadriceps strength in adults with severe or moderate intellectual and visual disabilities: Feasibility and reliability

Annemarie Dijkhuizen; Rob K. Douma; Wim P. Krijnen; Cees P. van der Schans; Aly Waninge

doi:10.1111/jar.12468

Measuring Quadriceps strength in adults with severe or moderate intellectual and visual disabilities: Feasibility and reliability

Annemarie Dijkhuizen^*, Rob K. Douma, Wim P. Krijnen, Cees P. van der Schans, Aly Waninge

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BackgroundA feasible and reliable instrument to measure strength in persons with severe intellectual and visual disabilities (SIVD) is lacking. The aim of our study was to determine feasibility, learning period and reliability of three strength tests.

MethodsTwenty-nine participants with SIVD performed the Minimum Sit-to-Stand Height test (MSST), the Leg Extension test (LE) and the 30seconds Chair-Stand test (30sCS), once per week for 5weeks. Feasibility was determined by the percentage of successful measurements; learning effect by using paired t test between two consecutive measurements; test-retest reliability by intraclass correlation coefficient and Limits of Agreement and, correlations by Pearson correlations.

ResultsA sufficient feasibility and learning period of the tests was shown. The methods had sufficient test-retest reliability and moderate-to-sufficient correlations.

ConclusionThe MSST, the LE, and the 30sCS are feasible tests for measuring muscle strength in persons with SIVD, having sufficient test re-test reliability.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1083-1090
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
Volume	31
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.12468
Publication status	Published - Nov-2018

Keywords

intellectual disability
measuring strength
visual impairment
HAND-HELD DYNAMOMETRY
PHYSICAL-FITNESS TESTS
RESIDING OLDER-ADULTS
MUSCLE STRENGTH
MENTAL-RETARDATION
INDIVIDUALS
BALANCE
VALIDATION
EXERCISE
DISEASE

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Measuring Quadriceps strength in adults with severe or moderate intellectual and visual disabilities: Feasibility and reliability. / Dijkhuizen, Annemarie; Douma, Rob K.; Krijnen, Wim P. et al.
In: Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, Vol. 31, No. 6, 11.2018, p. 1083-1090.

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