title: The Safe Functional Motion test is reliable for assessment of functional movements in individuals at risk for osteoporotic fracture.
abstract: The Safe Functional Motion (SFM) test is a performance-based tool developed to assess functional movements in individuals at risk for osteoporotic fracture. The purpose of this study was to determine the test-retest and inter-rater reliability of the scores on the short form of the SFM test (SFM-SF). A secondary objective was to evaluate the construct convergent validity of the balance domain. Community-dwelling adults with low bone mass (n = 36) completed the SFM-SF on two occasions. During one visit, SFM-SF performance was scored by two testers and additional tests of balance (Timed Up and Go (TUG), Berg Balance Scale (BERG), and Community Balance and Mobility Scale (CBMS)) were completed. Test-retest and inter-rater reliability of the SFM-SF score is excellent (intraclass correlation coefficient >or= 0.90), and the balance domain score demonstrates acceptable associations with established clinical measures of balance (Spearman's rho = -0.69, 0.76, and 0.83 for TUG, BERG, and CBMS, respectively). SFM-SF provides reliable measures of functional movements in community-dwelling individuals at risk for osteoporotic fracture.
authors.affiliation: School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, IAHS-Room 403, 1400 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, L8S 1C7, Canada. macint@mcmaster.ca
authors.forename: Norma J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: MacIntyre
authors.forename: Carrie L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Stavness
authors.forename: Jonathan D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Adachi
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004856:Postural Balance / Q000502:physiology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018570:Risk Assessment