Schoettker-Koeniger T Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Musculoskeletal, Joints
City University of Applied Sciences Bremen, Faculty of Social Sciences, Applied Sciences Speech and Language Therapy and Physiotherapy, Neustadtswall 30, 28199, Bremen, Germany
Schoettker-Koeniger T, City University of Applied Sciences Bremen, Faculty of Social Sciences, Applied Sciences Speech and Language Therapy and Physiotherapy, Neustadtswall 30, 28199, Bremen, Germany intrested in the feilds of Migraine; Headache; Physical examination; Physiotherapy; Manual; Musculoskeletal; Muscle; Joints
Research Article
Author(s): Luedtke K, Starke W, May A, Schoettker-Koeniger T and Schaefer A
Objectives: An important component of assessment-based physiotherapy management of patients with headache is a thorough physical examination to identify musculoskeletal dysfunctions. A recently published international consensus study identified 11 clinically useful headache assessment tests (HATs). Test properties are not yet documented for all HATs. Different rating methods include absolute values and a 0-100 visual analog scale (VAS) to indicate the clinical relevance of a test.
Methods: To evaluate the inter-rater reliability of different scales, two manual therapists, blinded towards the diagnosis, examined 25 patients with headache and 25 headache-free controls. Inter-rater reliability was evaluated using the intraclass correlation coefficient and Bland-Altman plots for int... view moreĀ»