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Physical performance tasks: what are the underlying constructs?

Diane M Novy1, Maureen J Simmonds, C Ellen Lee

  • 1Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. diane.novy@uth.tmc.edu

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
|January 10, 2002
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Physical performance tests for low back pain patients reveal two key factors: speed/coordination and endurance/strength. These factors correlate with disability and self-efficacy, but not pain intensity.

Area of Science:

  • Rehabilitation Science
  • Movement Science
  • Clinical Biomechanics

Background:

  • Low back pain (LBP) assessment often involves physical performance tests.
  • Understanding the underlying structure of these tests is crucial for valid interpretation.
  • Previous research has not clearly defined the factor structure of comprehensive physical performance batteries in LBP populations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the structural validity of a battery of physical performance tasks in patients with low back pain.
  • To assess the construct validity of the identified factors derived from these tasks.

Main Methods:

  • A measurement study was conducted with 103 adult patients with low back pain.
  • A battery of physical performance tasks (e.g., speed walk, endurance walk, trunk flexion, sit to stand, loaded reach, rollover, upper-body lift) was administered.

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  • Self-report measures of physical disability, self-efficacy, negative affect, and pain intensity were also collected.

    • Main Results:

    • Factor analysis yielded two correlated factors: speed/coordination and endurance/strength.
    • The Sorensen upper-body lift task did not effectively contribute to defining these factors.
    • Both derived factors showed significant correlations with physical disability, self-efficacy, and negative affect.
    • The correlation between the factors and pain intensity was trivial.

    Conclusions:

    • The physical performance tasks can be meaningfully grouped into speed/coordination and endurance/strength factors.
    • These factors demonstrate construct validity by relating to relevant psychosocial and functional measures.
    • Pain intensity appears to be largely independent of the identified physical performance constructs in this LBP cohort.