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ragempt -> Lower extremity functional scale (January 28, 2008 8:58:02 PM)

anyone know how to use this?
On one day my patient's numbers were 49 on his last day it was 75. what does this mean overall?



jma -> RE: Lower extremity functional scale (January 28, 2008 9:47:25 PM)

The highest score on the test is 80 and tells you that the patient has little difficulty with functional activities.

Binkley et al (1999): The Lower Extremity Functional Scale (LEFS): Scale development, measurement properties, and
clinical application. Physical Therapy. 79:371-383.



ragempt -> RE: Lower extremity functional scale (January 29, 2008 12:45:58 AM)

i was looking for more of a scientific explanation. if my patient went from 49 to 75 what does this mean statisticly from a research perspective?



TexasOrtho -> RE: Lower extremity functional scale (January 29, 2008 9:18:35 AM)

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from a research perspective?


From a research / statistical perspective it means nothing without additional data.  It simply means the score changed.  I think you may be asking what the clinical sigificance of the score change is.  From the research I've seen, I believe a change of 9 or greater is clinically significant. 



ragempt -> RE: Lower extremity functional scale (January 29, 2008 10:36:58 AM)

thanks texasortho, do you have a source for that golden number of 9? So his change was 26 points. i am doing a case study and i am trying to properly write out his change?



buckeye -> RE: Lower extremity functional scale (January 29, 2008 10:45:22 AM)

ragempt - check out the PT Journal archives for the issue cited earlier in the thread. The article gives information about the LEFS that can help answer your questions.




TexasOrtho -> RE: Lower extremity functional scale (January 29, 2008 10:55:36 AM)

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ORIGINAL: ragempt

thanks texasortho, do you have a source for that golden number of 9? So his change was 26 points. i am doing a case study and i am trying to properly write out his change?


This is the article I was citing.  There are a ton more out there.  Good luck on your case report.  I've been wanting to do one myself.  I guess I just need to get on it.

http://www.ptjournal.org/cgi/content/full/79/4/371



ragempt -> RE: Lower extremity functional scale (January 29, 2008 10:57:43 AM)

texas ortho, do you think this will work:
 
The Lower Extremity functional scale was used. His score was a 49 on his 9th visit and a 75 on his 12th session. This measuring tool is said to be both reliable and valid for measuring lower extremity function.25 Clinicians can be reasonably confident that a change of greater than 9 scale points is not only a true change but is also a clinically meaningful functional change
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ragempt -> RE: Lower extremity functional scale (January 29, 2008 11:08:53 AM)

thanks, buckey
im not an APTA member. thanks anyway

Go Blue



buckeye -> RE: Lower extremity functional scale (January 30, 2008 8:54:47 AM)

ragempt

You do not have to be a member to view the archives of PT Journal - only the most current issues are for members only. There are articles going back to 1990 online. It is a good resource. The url for the archives is  http://ptjournal.org/archive/



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