Journal of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

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Starke W Author

starke.w@uke.de

Subjects of specialization
Joints

Affiliation
University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Department of Systems Neuroscience, Martinistr. 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany

Biography

Starke W, Department of Systems Neuroscience, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany intrested in the feilds of Migraine; Headache; Physical examination; Physiotherapy; Manual; Musculoskeletal; Muscle; Joints

Publications

Research Article

Inter-Rater Reliability for a Recently Developed Cluster of Headache Assessment Tests

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 more»

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