Reliability of a Hand-Held Dynamometer on Strength of Shoulder Rotator Cuff among Subjects with Spinal Cord Injury
FENG Ya-nan
ZHANG Zhi-jie
LIU Chun-long
Abstract：Objective To assess the reliability of strength of shoulder rotator cuff using a hand-held dynamometer among subjects with spinal cord injury. Methods 20 spinal cord injury subjects without shoulder pain participated in this study. A hand-held dynamometer was used to assess the strength of shoulder rotator cuff. Two therapists (A/B) obtained the strength of shoulder rotator cuff. One of the therapists assessed again 5days later. The intra-and inter-reliability (ICC) of strength of shoulder rotator was calculated. Results The strength of rota-tor cuff was assessed by the hand-held dynamometer. The intra-reliability of external and internal muscle strength was 0.94 and 0.95, respec-tively. The inter-reliability was 0.91 and 0.93, respectively. Conclusion A hand-held dynamometer is a feasible and reliable tool to assess the strength of rotator cuff among subjects with spinal cord injury.
Keywords：hand-held dynamometershoulder rotator cuff strengthreliability
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 457-459 )