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Table 5 Subgroup analysis of test-retest reliability considering aetiology of dementia

From: Recommended motor assessments based on psychometric properties in individuals with dementia: a systematic review

 

Alzheimer’s disease

Various types/not reported

BBS

ICC = 0.95

MDC95% = 38.6% [14]

ICC = 0.99

MDC95% = 10.2% [43]

TUG (between-day reliability)

ICC = 0.72–0.76

(MDC95% = 20.3–24.9%) [14, 51]

ICC = 0.87–0.99

(MDC95% = 15.8–39.6%) [17, 43, 102]

Up and go tasks (between-day reliability)

ICC = 0.51–0.76

(MDC95% = 20.3–36.2%) [14, 51]

ICC = 0.87–0.99

(MDC95% = 15.8–39.6%) [17, 43, 102]

Short distance walking speed (without NeuroCom Balance Master)

ICC = 0.95–0.98

MDC95% = 10.2–28.9% [6, 121]

ICC = 0.83–0.95

MDC95% = 31.6–84.3% [17, 26, 43]

5x STS

ICC = 0.80

MDC95% = 29.9% [51]

ICC = 0.94

MDC95% = n.r [102].

STS assessments (without Rising Index)

ICC = 0.02–0.80

MDC95% = 29.9–80.2% [51]

ICC = 0.79–0.94

MDC95% = 33.2–45.7% [17, 102]

Maximum isometric strength assessed with dynamometers

ICC = 0.95–0.98

MDC95% = n.r [114].

ICC = 0.63–0.71

MDC95% = n.r [102].

  1. 5x STS Five Times Sit-to-Stand Test, BBS Berg Balance Scale, ICC Intraclass correlation coefficient, MDC95% Percentage minimal detectable changes at 95% confidence interval, n.r. Not reported, STS Sit-to-Stand, TUG Timed Up & Go Test.