NCT04038450

Accuracy of Visual Range of Motion Estimates

Accuracy of Visual Range of Motion Estimates Among Physical Therapists and Physical Therapy Students

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 522 (actual)
• Sponsor: Methodist University, North Carolina · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: —

Summary

Examine the accuracy of visual estimates of various joint angles by physical therapists at various levels of education and clinical practice, taking into account years of experience, areas of practices and specialty certifications.

Detailed description

Physical therapists oftentimes will estimate rather than measure joint range of motion. The accuracy of visual estimates of various joint measurements has not been previously assessed. No comparison has been done for years of experience and accuracy of estimations. This study will create a survey with pictures of joints at previously measured angles and therapists and students will be asked to estimate the range of motion. Various statistical analyses will be performed to determine accuracy and comparisons.

Conditions

• Accuracy of Estimation of Joint Range of Motion

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	No intervention	No interventions separated the groups. Each group reviewed pictures and wrote down their estimated ROM of the joint pictured.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-02-15
• Primary completion: 2019-03-08
• Completion: 2019-03-15
• First posted: 2019-07-30
• Last updated: 2019-07-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States