Reproducibility, criterion-related validity, and minimal clinically important difference of the stair negotiation test after total Hip arthroplasty.

Masanobu MuraoManabu NankakuTakumi Kawano Koji Goto Yutaka Kuroda Toshiyuki Kawai Ryosuke Ikeguchi Shuichi Matsuda

Published in: Physiotherapy theory and practice (2022)

The SNT is an objective assessable test of stair negotiation ability in post-THA patients that has good reproducibility and moderate criterion-related validity. Changes in the SNT beyond the MCID (1.98 seconds) represent clinically important changes in stair negotiation ability.

Keyphrases

total hip arthroplasty
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
drug induced