title: Analyzing Movements Development and Evaluation of the Body Awareness Scale Movement Quality (BAS MQ).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Limitations in everyday movements, physical activities are/or pain are the main reasons for seeking help from a physiotherapist. The purpose of this study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the Body Awareness Scale Movement Quality (BAS MQ) focusing on factor structure, validity and reliability and to explore whether BAS MQ could discriminate between healthy individuals and patients. BAS MQ assesses both limitations and resources concerning functional ability and quality of movements.
  
  
  METHODS
  The total sample in the study (n = 172) consisted of individuals with hip osteoarthritis (OA) (n = 132), individuals with psychiatric disorders (n = 33) and healthy individuals (n = 7). A factor analysis of the BAS MQ was performed for the total group. Inter-rater reliability was tested in a group of individuals with hip OA (n = 24). Concurrent validity was tested in a group of individuals with hip OA (n = 89). The Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36), the 6-Minute Walk Test (6MWT) and the Hip Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (HOOS) were chosen in the validation process.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The factor analysis revealed three factors that together explained 60.8% of the total variance of BAS MQ. The inter-rater reliability was considered good or very good with a kappa value of 0.61. Significant correlations between BAS MQ and SF-36, HOOS and 6MWT in the subjects with hip OA confirmed the validity. The BAS MQ was able to discriminate between healthy individuals and individuals with physical and psychiatric limitations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results of the study revealed that BAS MQ has a satisfactory factor structure. The inter-rater reliability and validity were acceptable in a group of individuals with hip OA. BAS MQ could be a useful assessment tool for physiotherapists when evaluating the quality of everyday movements in different patient groups. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sundén
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ekdahl
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Horstman
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Gyllensten
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008875:Middle Aged; D009068:Movement; D059352:Musculoskeletal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D015588:Observer Variation; D015207:Osteoarthritis, Hip / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D010147:Pain Measurement; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D011434:Proprioception; D011594:Psychometrics; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: arthritis; mental health; musculoskeletal; outcome measurement; physiotherapy