title: Reliability of the anterior drawer and talar tilt tests using the LigMaster joint arthrometer.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Joint arthrometers have been developed to help determine the severity of ligament sprains.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To establish intratester and intertester reliability of the talar inversion and anterior drawer tests using the LigMaster.
  
  
  METHODS
  Intratester reliability was investigated using a repeated-measures design. Intertester reliability was investigated using 2 different clinicians testing subjects on the same day.
  
  
  METHODS
  Athletic training research laboratory.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty participants volunteered for this study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Anterior displacement and talar inversion were measured using the LigMaster.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Intrarater reliability was .74 for the talar inversion test and .65 for the anterior drawer test. Interrater reliabilities for the talar inversion and anterior drawer tests were .76 and .81, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The LigMaster joint arthrometer is a reliable tool for measuring talar inversion and anterior displacement at the ankle.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Kinesiology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.
authors.forename: Carrie L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Docherty
authors.forename: Katherine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rybak-Webb
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000843:Ankle Joint / Q000502:physiology*; D053587:Arthrometry, Articular / Q000592:standards*; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013628:Talus