Abstract
Hiller CE, Refshauge KM, Bundy AC, Herbert RD, Kilbreath SL. The Cumberland Ankle
Instability Tool: a report of validity and reliability testing.
Objective
To test the Cumberland Ankle Instability Tool (CAIT), a 9-item 30-point scale, for
measuring severity of functional ankle instability.
Design
Cross-sectional study.
Setting
General community.
Participants
Volunteer sample of 236 subjects.
Interventions
Not applicable.
Main Outcome Measures
Concurrent validity by comparison with the Lower Extremity Functional Scale (LEFS)
and a visual analog scale (VAS) of global perception of ankle instability by using
the Spearman ρ. Construct validity and internal reliability with Rasch analysis using
goodness-of-fit statistics for items and subjects, separation of subjects, correlation
of items to the total scale, and a Cronbach α equivalent. Discrimination score for
functional ankle instability by maximizing the Youden index and tested for sensitivity
and specificity. Test-retest reliability by intraclass correlation coefficient, model
2,1 (ICC
2,1).
Results
There were significant correlations between the CAIT and LEFS (ρ=.50,
P<.01) and VAS (ρ=.76,
P<.01). Construct validity and internal reliability were acceptable (α=.83; point measure
correlation for all items, >0.5; item reliability index, .99). The threshold CAIT
score was 27.5 (Youden index, 68.1); sensitivity was 82.9% and specificity was 74.7%.
Test-retest reliability was excellent (ICC
2,1=.96).
Conclusions
CAIT is a simple, valid, and reliable tool to measure severity of functional ankle
instability.
Key Words
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Supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia.
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