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Validity of the test-table-test for Nordic skiing for classification of paralympic sit-ski sports participants

  • H. F. M. Pernot*
  • , A. M. Lannem
  • , Richard P. J. Geers
  • , E. F. G. Ruijters
  • , M. Bloemendal
  • , H. A. M. Seelen
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Study design: Cross-sectional study. Objectives: To assess the interrater reliability and validity of the test-table-test (TTT) with which paralympic sports participants involved in Nordic sit-ski sports may be classified. Setting: Movement laboratory in a rehabilitation centre, The Netherlands. Methods: Thirty-three persons with a spinal cord injury caudally to Th2, a leg amputation, poliomyelitis affecting the trunk and/or lower extremities, or cerebral palsy participated. Subjects were classified according to a classification system for Nordic skiing (that is, five subclasses between LW10 and LW12) by two raters, involving, among others, a combination of four balance tests called TTT. The validity of the TTT was investigated using a gold standard, involving balance perturbation tests on a force plate and centre of pressure (CoP) displacement measurements. Results: As for the interrater reliability, Spearman's rank-correlation coefficient was 0.95 (P
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)935-941
Number of pages7
JournalSpinal Cord
Volume49
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2011

Keywords

  • Nordic skiing
  • paralympics
  • classification
  • sports for disabled
  • spinal cord injury
  • leg amputation

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