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Mobility-Focused Physical Outcome Measures Over Telecommunication Technology (Zoom): Intra and Interrater Reliability Trial.

Marie-Louise BirdFelix PeelMatthew SchmidtNatalie Ann FiniEmily R RamageBrodie M SakakibaraDawn B SimpsonCarey Ann MatherDominique Ann-Michele CadilhacKiran Deep Kaur AhujaHeather BridgmanCoralie Kym English
Published in: JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies (2022)
Untimed mobility-focused physical outcome measures have excellent interrater reliability between in-person and telehealth measurements. Timed outcome measures took approximately 1 second longer via Zoom, reducing the reliability of tests with a shorter duration. Small time differences favoring in-person attendance are of a similar magnitude to clinically important differences, indicating assessments undertaken using telecommunications technology (Zoom) cannot be compared directly with face-to-face delivery. This has implications for clinicians using blended (ie, some face-to-face and some via the internet) assessments. High intrarater reliability of mobility-focused physical outcome measures has been demonstrated in this study.
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