Reliability and correlation of assessment tool for chronic patellofemoral pain among university students

Authors

  • Wannaporn Sumranpat Brady สาขาวิทยาศาสตร์การออกกำลังกายและการกีฬา คณะบัณฑิตวิทยาลัย มหาวิทยาลัยขอนแก่น
  • Yodchai Boonprakop School of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Associated Medical Science, Khon Kaen University

Keywords:

Test-retest reliability, Chronic patellofemoral pain, Fear avoidance beliefs, Pain catastrophizing

Abstract

Persistent patellofemoral pain impacts negatively on physical activity and psychological features. Therefore, assessing a patient’s symptoms forms is important, and it is useful for planning proper prevention and treatment programs. This study aims to determine the test-retest reliability and correlation of the intensity of pain, pain catastrophizing, and fear-avoidance beliefs in university students with chronic patellofemoral pain. This study tested three instruments: The visual analog scale, Pain catastrophizing, and Fear-avoidance beliefs questionnaires.  All of the thirty-four participants with chronic anterior knee pain, aged between 19-25 years, were assessed twice at 30-minute intervals. Test-retest reliability was determined using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC3,1), whereas the correlation between the questionnaires was assessed by Pearson’s correlation coefficient (r). The results reported that the visual analog scale had good to excellent reliability (ICC3,1=0.89-0.946), pain catastrophizing was excellent reliability (ICC3,1=0.95), and fear-avoidance beliefs had good reliability (ICC3,1=0.86). Moreover, the pain catastrophizing was related with intensity of pain; VAS-usual (r=0.36, p<0.05), VAS-jump (r=0.37, p<0.05,) และ VAS-worst (r=0.47, p<0.01) and fear-avoidance beliefs was also related with intensity of pain; VAS-Squat (r=0.385, p<0.05). All of the instruments had well to excellent reliability. This test can be used for research or clinical application with chronic patellofemoral pain patients. Besides, the intensity of the pain correlated with psychological features.

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2021-01-22

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Brady, W. S., & Boonprakop, Y. . (2021). Reliability and correlation of assessment tool for chronic patellofemoral pain among university students. Journal of Medicine and Public Health, Ubon Ratchathani University, 4(1), 1–11. Retrieved from https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/jmpubu/article/view/246072

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