title: Reliability and validity of Trunk Control Test in patients with neuromuscular diseases.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of our study was to determine the reliability and validity of the Trunk Control Test (TCT) in people with adult neuromuscular diseases (NMD).
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty six people with NMD participated in the study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients were evaluated using the TCT, manual muscle test (trunk, upper and lower extremities), Motor Function Measurement (MFM), Functional Independency Measurement (FIM) and the Rivermead Mobility Index (RMI).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Test-retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficients) was excellent for the TCT. The intraclass correlation coefficient score was 0.979 (95% confidence interval 0.968-0.986). Cronbach alpha value was 0.749, and item-to-total correlation coefficient for "rolling from supine to the dominant side," "rolling from supine to the other side" and "sitting up from lying down" was (r = 0.61), (r = 0.57) and (r = 0.92), respectively, for construct validity. The TCT was found to be correlated with MFM (r = 0.57), MFM trunk (r = 0.62), trunk muscle strength (r = 0.61), shoulder flexion muscle strength (r = 0.39), hip flexion muscle strength (r = 0.39), FIM (r = 0.35), FIM motor (r = 0.66) and RMI (r = 0.39) for convergent validity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results confirm that the TCT is an easy, reliable and valid instrument for the measurement of trunk performance in ambulatory NMD patients.
authors.affiliation: Turgut Özal Unıversity, School of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation , Ankara , Turkey and.
authors.forename: Yasemin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Parlak Demir
authors.forename: Sibel Aksu
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Yıldırım
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology*; D053580:Muscle Strength / Q000502:physiology*; D009468:Neuromuscular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D011187:Posture / Q000502:physiology; D011379:Prognosis; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012307:Risk Factors; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D060726:Torso / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014421:Turkey; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Adult neuromuscular disease; Trunk Control Test; reliability; validity