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Function and activity in patients with knee arthroplasty: validity and reliability of a German version of the Lysholm Score and the Tegner Activity Scale

Swanenburg, Jaap; Koch, Peter P; Meier, Nadja; Wirth, Brigitte (2014). Function and activity in patients with knee arthroplasty: validity and reliability of a German version of the Lysholm Score and the Tegner Activity Scale. Swiss Medical Weekly, 144:w13976.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The Lysholm score and the Tegner activity scale are widely used for assessing knee function and activity level after knee ligament injuries. This study aimed to asses validity and reliability of the German versions of the Lysholm score (Lysholm-G) and the Tegner activity scale (Tegner-G) in patients after total knee arthroplasty (TKA).
METHODS: Two patient groups (<3 months postoperative; 3 to 12 months postoperative) and a healthy control group completed both questionnaires twice within 3 to 7 days. On the first occasion, the SF-12 questionnaire was also administered. The instruments' absolute and relative reliability, internal consistency, construct validity (discriminative validity and exploratory factor analysis), criterion validity, and floor/ceiling effects were determined.
RESULTS: Both instruments showed acceptable relative reliability (Lysholm-G: ICC2,1 = 0.87; Tegner-G: ICC2,1 = 0.79), and the Lysholm-G had a Cronbach's alpha of 0.93. Kruskal-Wallis test and post-hoc Mann-Whitney U tests showed significant differences in both scores among the groups. Factor analysis of Lysholm-G yielded three factors that together explained 76% of the variance. Correlations between the Lysholm-G/Tegner-G and the physical component of the SF-12 were moderate (ρ = 0.60/0.59). Item analysis of the Lysholm-G revealed a low relative reliability for the item "instability" and low discriminative validity for the items "locking" and "instability".
CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrated acceptable psychometric performances for the Lysholm-G and the Tegner-G scales as outcome measures for patients with TKA. A short version of the Lysholm score without the "locking" and "instability" items might be more appropriate for TKA patients.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:04 Faculty of Medicine > Balgrist University Hospital, Swiss Spinal Cord Injury Center
Dewey Decimal Classification:610 Medicine & health
Scopus Subject Areas:Health Sciences > General Medicine
Language:German
Date:2014
Deposited On:18 Feb 2015 15:37
Last Modified:06 Nov 2024 04:37
Publisher:SMW supporting association
ISSN:1424-3997
OA Status:Gold
Free access at:Publisher DOI. An embargo period may apply.
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2014.13976
PubMed ID:24921654
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