Performance of key physical tests for temporomandibular disorder via telehealth: Establishing validity and reliability.
jaw
physiotherapy
reliability
telehealth
temporomandibular
validity
Journal
Journal of oral rehabilitation
ISSN: 1365-2842
Titre abrégé: J Oral Rehabil
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0433604
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
27 Dec 2023
27 Dec 2023
Historique:
revised:
17
08
2023
received:
24
11
2022
accepted:
08
12
2023
medline:
28
12
2023
pubmed:
28
12
2023
entrez:
28
12
2023
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many individuals sought healthcare virtually. Physiotherapy is integral in managing temporomandibular disorders (TMDs); therefore, establishing how key physical tests can be appropriately adapted to telehealth is paramount. To establish the validity and reliability of telehealth (specifically videoconferencing) assessments against in-person assessments on a battery of TMD physical tests. A repeated-measures study design was undertaken. Thirty-six adult participants (19 healthy and 17 TMD) underwent concurrent temporomandibular joint (TMJ) physiological movement measurements via videoconferencing and in-person as per standard clinical practice. Inclusion criteria included the presence of central incisors and no significant comorbidities precluding a safe telehealth examination. Participants with TMD completed seven additional pain provocation physical tests. Agreement between telehealth and in-person physiological movement measures was excellent (ICC >0.90, 95% CI: 0.53 to >0.99). Inter- and intra-rater reliability for telehealth measures indicated excellent reliability (ICC >0.97, 95% CI: 0.91 to >0.99). Exact agreement between telehealth and in-person for provocation tests ranged between 58.8% and 94.1%. Fourteen of the twenty-six individual measures produced substantial to near perfect agreement (PABAK = 0.65-0.88), seven produced moderate agreement (PABAK = 0.53), while five produced poor to fair agreement (PABAK = 0.18-0.29). There is high level of agreement between telehealth and in-person measurements of TMJ physiological movement and pain provocation tests.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many individuals sought healthcare virtually. Physiotherapy is integral in managing temporomandibular disorders (TMDs); therefore, establishing how key physical tests can be appropriately adapted to telehealth is paramount.
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVE
To establish the validity and reliability of telehealth (specifically videoconferencing) assessments against in-person assessments on a battery of TMD physical tests.
METHOD
METHODS
A repeated-measures study design was undertaken. Thirty-six adult participants (19 healthy and 17 TMD) underwent concurrent temporomandibular joint (TMJ) physiological movement measurements via videoconferencing and in-person as per standard clinical practice. Inclusion criteria included the presence of central incisors and no significant comorbidities precluding a safe telehealth examination. Participants with TMD completed seven additional pain provocation physical tests.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Agreement between telehealth and in-person physiological movement measures was excellent (ICC >0.90, 95% CI: 0.53 to >0.99). Inter- and intra-rater reliability for telehealth measures indicated excellent reliability (ICC >0.97, 95% CI: 0.91 to >0.99). Exact agreement between telehealth and in-person for provocation tests ranged between 58.8% and 94.1%. Fourteen of the twenty-six individual measures produced substantial to near perfect agreement (PABAK = 0.65-0.88), seven produced moderate agreement (PABAK = 0.53), while five produced poor to fair agreement (PABAK = 0.18-0.29).
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
There is high level of agreement between telehealth and in-person measurements of TMJ physiological movement and pain provocation tests.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
© 2023 The Authors. Journal of Oral Rehabilitation published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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