Reliability of the Closed Kinetic Chain Upper Extremity Stability Test in young adults

Yslaíny Araújo Silva; Wbinayara Alves Novaes; Muana Hiandra Pereira Dos Passos; Vinicius Yan Santos Nascimento; Bruno Remígio Cavalcante; Ana Carolina Rodarti Pitangui; Rodrigo Cappato De Araújo

doi:10.1016/j.ptsp.2019.04.004

Reliability of the Closed Kinetic Chain Upper Extremity Stability Test in young adults

Phys Ther Sport. 2019 Jul:38:17-22. doi: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2019.04.004. Epub 2019 Apr 9.

Authors

Yslaíny Araújo Silva¹, Wbinayara Alves Novaes¹, Muana Hiandra Pereira Dos Passos², Vinicius Yan Santos Nascimento³, Bruno Remígio Cavalcante², Ana Carolina Rodarti Pitangui⁴, Rodrigo Cappato De Araújo⁵

Affiliations

¹ Student of the Graduate Course in Physiotherapy of the University of Pernambuco, Petrolina, PE, Brazil.
² Associate Program of Post-graduation in Physical Education, UPE / UFPB, Recife, PE, Brazil.
³ Associate Program of Post-graduation in Physical Education, UPE / UFPB, Recife, PE, Brazil. Electronic address: viniciusyan@hotmail.com.
⁴ Department of Physical Therapy, University of Pernambuco, Petrolina, PE, Brazil.
⁵ Associate Program of Post-graduation in Physical Education, UPE / UFPB, Recife, PE, Brazil; Department of Physical Therapy, University of Pernambuco, Petrolina, PE, Brazil.

PMID: 31035171
DOI: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2019.04.004

Abstract

Objective: To analyze the reliability indicators of CKCUEST, and to investigate how many sessions are necessary to find a stable score.

Design: Reliability study.

Setting: Biomechanics laboratory.

Participants: The sample consisted of 36 healthy young adults, of both genders.

Main outcome measures: The subjects performed four CKCUEST with a minimum interval of three days between evaluations. The number of touches in each execution was counted, and then the average values of the number of rings, normalized score and power were calculated.

Results: The CKCUEST presented ICC ranging from 0.77 to 0.92 (mean number of touches), 0.80 to 0.94 (normalized score) and 0.91 to 0.98 (power). The Bland-Altman plots showed the presence of systematic error for all measures, as also confirmed by the ANOVA analysis. The scores increased every session for both genders. The boys' scores stabilized in the third session. However, the girls' scores did not stabilize.

Conclusion: The CKCUEST presents excellent reliability; however, there is the presence of systematic error between measurements. It is necessary to perform at least three sessions to obtain reliable data for male participants, and the female results were not conclusive.

Keywords: Physical functional performance; Reproducibility of results; Shoulder.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Female
Healthy Volunteers
Humans
Male
Motor Activity / physiology*
Reproducibility of Results
Upper Extremity / physiology*
Young Adult