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Table 8 Discriminative validity of clinical and performance tests

From: Reliability, construct and discriminative validity of clinical testing in subjects with and without chronic neck pain

Variable (n = 42)

N

Mean cases

Mean controls

Mean diff.

SE

(95% CI)

p-value

CCFT

 

42

23.23

24.95

1.71

0.74

(0.22; 3.21)

0.03

ROM

Flexion

42

38.05

50.45

12.40

3.51

(19.50; 5.31)

<0.01

Extension

42

44.31

65.81

21.5

3.58

(28.74; 14.26)

<0.01

Left rotation

42

65.36

76.31

10.95

--

--

0.01

Right rotation

42

66.90

77.86

10.95

--

--

<0.01

Left lateral flexion

42

30.29

39.33

9.05

1.84

(12.77; 5.32)

<0.01

Right lateral flexion

42

31.02

40.83

9.81

1.93

(13.72; 5.90)

<0.01

JPE

Flexion

42

5.38

6.33

-0.94

--

--

0.34

Extension

42

5.83

5.70

0.13

--

--

0.70

Left rotation

42

6.43

4.35

2.08

--

--

0.08

Right rotation

42

5.87

4.60

1.28

--

--

0.21

DCE

 

42

49.42

78.63

29.21

--

--

0.06

SWAY

Romberg EO (CEA)

42

5.13

5.52

-0.39

1.16

(-2.73; 1.95)

0.74

Romberg EO (A/P)

42

2.60

2.70

-0.10

0.28

(-0.67; 0.47)

0.72

Romberg EO (M/L)

42

2.51

2.56

-0.05

0.22

(-0.50; 0.40)

0.82

Romberg EO (COP)

42

4.54

4.93

-0.39

0.42

(-1.27; 0.484

0.36

Romberg EC (CEA)

42

9.11

6.78

2.32

1.19

(-0.70; 4.73)

0.06

Romberg EC (A/P)

42

3.44

2.98

0.46

0.27

(-0.09; 0.99)

0.10

Romberg EC (M/L)

42

3.69

3.33

0.36

0.28

(-0.20; 0.92)

0.20

Romberg EC (COP)

42

7.56

6.93

0.63

0.82

(-1.07; 2.33)

0.45

SLS (CEA)

34

10.33

8.74

1.58

1.42

(1.30; 4.47)

0.27

SLS (A/P)

34

4.47

3.81

0.66

0.35

(-0.07; 1.38)

0.07

SLS (M/L)

34

3.38

3.18

0.21

0.24

(-0.28; 0.69)

0.40

SLS (COP)

34

11.81

12.72

-0.91

1.46

(-3.99; 2.18)

0.54

PPT

Tibialis Anterior

42

3.65

4.42

0.77

--

--

0.07

C3-C4

42

1.84

2.69

0.85

--

--

0.03

Infraspinatus

42

2.42

3.61

1.20

--

--

0.02

GS

Pearson chi2 = 21.62, p = <0.01

SPNT

Pearson chi2 = 13.13, p = <0.01

  1. Mean and mean differences (mean diff), Standard Error (SE) and 95% Confidence Interval (95% CI).
  2. Romberg eyes open (Romberg EO), Romberg Eyes closed (Romberg EC), Single Leg Stance (SLS), Confidence Ellipse Areal (CEA), Centre of Pressure path length (COP), Anterior/Posterior displacement (A/P), Medial Lateral displacement (M/L).