Table 3.
Proportion of respondents who rate measures as “useful”, by practice area
|
Orthopaedics (n = 171) |
Neurological (n = 79) |
Geriatric (n = 29) |
General rehab (n = 90) |
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n missing | n | % | n missing | n | % | n missing | n | % | n missing | X2 | p | |
|
Useful for clinical decision-making |
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| Single leg stance |
156 |
91.2 |
8 |
62 |
78.5 |
3 |
18 |
62.1 |
5 |
70 |
77.8 |
3 |
21.7 |
<0.0001 |
| Berg |
100 |
58.5 |
13 |
75 |
94.9 |
0 |
21 |
72.4 |
0 |
74 |
82.2 |
2 |
16.9 |
0.0007 |
| TUG |
79 |
46.2 |
12 |
52 |
65.8 |
6 |
20 |
69.0 |
2 |
59 |
65.6 |
3 |
4.5 |
0.2 |
|
Useful for evaluating change over time |
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| Single leg stance |
145 |
84.8 |
14 |
57 |
72.2 |
9 |
14 |
48.3 |
8 |
65 |
72.2 |
8 |
15.6 |
0.0014 |
| Berg |
99 |
57.9 |
18 |
69 |
87.3 |
5 |
21 |
72.4 |
4 |
76 |
84.4 |
8 |
20.7 |
<0.0001 |
| TUG | 85 | 49.7 | 22 | 60 | 75.9 | 11 | 20 | 69.0 | 5 | 67 | 74.4 | 9 | 12.8 | 0.005 |