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Table 2 Summary of the quality assessment of the instruments

From: Clinimetric evaluation of methods to measure muscle functioning in patients with non-specific neck pain: a systematic review

 

Reliability

Agreement

Validity

Responsiveness

Interpretability

Muscle endurance of short neck flexors

(9 articles)

+

?

?

0

0

Manual muscle examination

(1 article)

?

0

0

0

0

Craniocervical flexion test

(4 articles)

-

?

0

0

0

Dynamometer

(3 articles)

?

0

0

0

0

Timed weighted overhead test

(1 article)

?

0

0

0

0

Cervical PILE test

(2 articles)

+

?

0

0

0

  1. + Positive
  2. ? Doubtful
  3. - Inadequate
  4. 0 No information