Abstract: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive disorder of the central nervous system (CNS) with both motor and non motor symptoms. Motor symptoms include the cardinal features of rigidity, bradykinesia, tremor, and, in later stages, postural instability. PD is a common disease that affects an estimated 7 to 10 million people worldwide. More than 2% of people older than 65 years of age have PD among neurodegenerative disorders. Functional tasks such as rolling over in bed or moving from supine-to-sitting that are likely to prove difficult. These activities have a large rotational component of the trunk, typically lacking in many patients with PD. Modified Rivermead Mobility Index (MRMI) is designed to assess functional mobility for people with a wide range of abilities. The Modified Rivermead Mobility Index has been designed to measure wide range of ability to maintain the mobility that make it suitable for using in clinical setting. It is cheap, quick, easy to access and simple to administer for mobility evaluation in parkinson’s disease. It is reflective of clinical practice and hence, objective of study is to find out the inter-rater and intra- rater reliability of Modified Rivermead Mobility Index Scale in parkinson’s patients.
Methods: An Observational study included 30 patients, both male & female with Parkinson’s between age group of 50 to 65 years. The patients were assessed using MRMI scale by two rater for inter-rater reliability and by same rater at different time (24 hours of duration) for test retest reliability.
Results: Data were analyzed by using SPSS software 14.00 by Intraclass Correlation coefficient which showed significant positive correlation between Rater A1 and Rater A2; Rater A1 and Rater B.
Conclusion: The result suggested that the MRMI scale is an easy-to-administer clinical test with intra rater and inter rater reliability in subjects with Parkinson’s to assess functional mobility.
Keywords: Parkinson’s disease, rigidity, bradykinesia, tremor, postural instability, Modified Rivermead Mobility Index, Reliability.
Title: TO FIND OUT THE INTER – RATER AND INTRA – RATER RELIABILITY OF MODIFIED RIVERMEAD MOBILITY INDEX IN ASSESSMENT OF MOBILITY OF PARKINSON’S PATIENTS – AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY
Author: DR.CHIRAG P. SOLANKI (PT), DR.RAHUL M. CHHATLANI (PT)
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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