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Reliability and Validity of Athletes Disability Index Questionnaire Publisher Pubmed

Summary: New Athlete Disability Index questionnaire proves reliable and precise for assessing back pain in athletes. A game-changer in sports medicine! #HealthInnovation #AthleteCare

Noormohammadpour P1, 2, 3 ; Hosseini Khezri A1, 4 ; Farahbakhsh F1, 2 ; Mansournia MA5 ; Smuck M6 ; Kordi R1, 2, 3
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  1. 1. Sports Medicine Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, No 7, Al-e Ahmad St, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Sports and Exercise Medicine, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Spine Division, Noorafshar Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine Hospital, Tehran, Iran
  4. 4. Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran
  5. 5. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  6. 6. PMandR Section, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University, California, United States

Source: Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine Published:2018


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Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate validity and reliability of a new proposed questionnaire for assessment of functional disability in athletes with low back pain (LBP). Design: Validity and reliability study. Setting: Elite athletes participating in different fields of sports. Participants: Participants were 165 male and female athletes (between 12 and 50 years old) with LBP. Interventions: Athlete Disability Index (ADI) Questionnaire which is developed by the authors for assessing LBP-related disability in athletes, Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), and the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire (RDQ). Main Outcome Measures: Self-reported responses were collected regarding LBP-related disability through ADI, ODI, and RDQ. Results: The test-retest reliability was strong, and intraclass correlation value ranged between 0.74 and 0.94. The Cronbach alpha coefficient value of 0.91 (P < 0.001) demonstrated excellent internal consistency of the questionnaire. The correlation coefficient between ADI and ODI was r = 0.918 (P < 0.0001), between ADI and RDQ was r = 0.669 (P < 0.0001), and between ADI and visual analog scale was r = 0.626 (P < 0.001). According to ODI and RDQ, disability levels were mild in the large majority of subjects (91.5% and 86.0%, respectively). Alternatively, disability assessments by the ADI did not cluster at the mild level and ranged more broadly from mild to very high. Conclusion: The ADI is a reliable and valid instrument for assessing disability in athletes with LBP. Compared with the available LBP disability questionnaires used in the general population, ADI can more precisely stratify the disability levels of athletes due to LBP. © 2017 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
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