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The interrater reliability of the classification of schouldercomplaints according to the Dutch College of General Practitioners guidelines and of clinical shouldertests

Completed
Conditions
classificationalgorithm
shouldercomplaint
10043237
Registration Number
NL-OMON45231
Lead Sponsor
Vrije Universiteit Medisch Centrum
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
100
Inclusion Criteria

Aspecific and mild specific shouldercomplaints, 18 years
of age or older, and agreement of the patient with the research protocol

Exclusion Criteria

• severe trauma last 3 months
• signs of cervical nerve root compression
• severe diseases (e.g. cancer)
• presence of specific rheumatic disorders
• shoulder disorders due to neurologic diseases (e.g. CVA, MS, M. Parkinson)
• insulin dependant diabetes
• shoulder disorders due to general internal thoracic and abdominal pathology
• presence of dementia
• severe psychiatric, emotional or behavioural disorders
• inability to complete Dutch written questionnaires.

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational non invasive
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>The inter-rater reliability between the two raters will be calculated for the<br /><br>individual shouldertests and for the 3 subgroups of he Dutch College of General<br /><br>Practitioners and the three phases of irritability. Percentages of agreement<br /><br>and unweighted Kappa, including its 95% CI, will serve to test inter-rater<br /><br>agreement and reliability. </p><br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>NA</p><br>
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