Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 11 , Pages 2146-2155 , November 2008

Performance-Based or Self-Report Measures of Physical Function: Which Should Be Used in Clinical Trials of Hip Fracture Patients?

Presented as an abstract to the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, October 3–7, 2007, Washington DC, and to the Gerontological Society of America, November 17, 2007.

  • Nancy K. Latham, PT, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Health and Disability Research Unit, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Nancy K. Latham, PT, PhD, Health and Disability Research Institute, School of Public Health, Boston University Medical Campus, 4th Fl, 580 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02118-2639
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  • Vinay Mehta, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Merck & Co, Whitehouse Station, NJ
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  • Allison Martin Nguyen, MS

      Affiliations

    • Merck & Co, Whitehouse Station, NJ
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  • Alan M. Jette, PT, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Health and Disability Research Unit, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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  • Sippy Olarsch, ScD, PT

      Affiliations

    • Health and Disability Research Unit, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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  • Dimitris Papanicolaou, MD

      Affiliations

    • Merck & Co, Whitehouse Station, NJ
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  • Julie Chandler, PT, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Merck & Co, Whitehouse Station, NJ

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    Comparison of percentage of subjects exceeding MDC90. Abbreviations: PC, personal care domain; PM, physical mobility domain.

    Comparison of percentage of subjects exceeding MDC90. Abbreviations: PC, personal care domain; PM, physical mobility domain.

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    Comparison of AUC for each measure based on each anchor. Abbreviations: GAI-i, physician (investigator) Global Assessment of Improvement; GAI-p, patient Global Assessment of Improvement; PC, Personal

    Comparison of AUC for each measure based on each anchor. Abbreviations: GAI-i, physician (investigator) Global Assessment of Improvement; GAI-p, patient Global Assessment of Improvement; PC, Personal Care domain; PM, Physical Mobility domain.

 Supported by Merck and Co.

 A commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has conferred or will confer a financial benefit on the author or one or more of the authors. Jette has stock interests in CRE Care, LLC, which distributes the activity measure for postacute care products.

PII: S0003-9993(08)00550-9

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.04.016

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 11 , Pages 2146-2155 , November 2008

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