The reliability and validity of the Timed Up and Go test in patients ongoing or following lumbar spine surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Özden, Fatih

doi:10.1186/s41983-024-00805-z

The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery

Table 2 The results and COSMIN scores of the studies

From: The reliability and validity of the Timed Up and Go test in patients ongoing or following lumbar spine surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author	Year	Validity		Responsiveness		Other (if any)
Author	Year	Results	COSMIN score	Results	COSMIN score	Results	COSMIN score
Gautschi et al.	2015	n/a	n/a	Baseline: 12.0 ± 6.6 3rd day: 9.4 ± 4.8 6th week: 6.6 ± 5.5	Fair	n/a	n/a
Gautschi et al.	2016	TUG-VAS (back pain): 0.25 TUG-VAS (leg pain): 0.29 TUG-ODI: 0.34 TUG-RMDI: 0.38 TUG-EQD5 (index): − 0.28 TUG-SF12 (PCS): − 0.25 TUG-SF12 (MCS): − 0.32	Good	n/a	n/a	Reliability ICC (intrarater): 0.97 ICC (interrater): 0.99 Measurement error SEM (intrarater): 0.21 s SEM (interrater): 0.23 s	Reliability Fair Measurement error Poor
Gautschi et al.	2016	TUG-VAS (back pain): 0.19 TUG-VAS (leg pain): 0.18 TUG-ODI: 0.32 TUG-RMDI: 0.13 TUG-EQD5 (index): − 0.22 TUG-SF12 (PCS): − 0.09 TUG-SF12 (MCS): − 0.17	Good	Baseline: 10.3 ± 6.3 3rd day: 9.5 ± 4.3 6th week: 6.5 ± 2.8	Good	n/a	n/a
Gautschi et al.	2017	n/a	n/a	Baseline: 10.1 ± 5.0 3rd day: 9.4 ± 4.5 6th week: 6.6 ± 3.2	Poor	Measurement error MCID: 3.4 s	Good
Stienen et al.	2019	n/a	n/a	Baseline: 10.2 ± 5.5 3rd day: 10.4 ± 5.4 6th week: 7.2 ± 3.9	Good	n/a	n/a
Jakobsson et al.	2020	TUG-VAS (back pain): 0.28 TUG-ODI: 0.41 TUG-5MWT: − 0.58 TUG-1MST: − 0.67 TUG-50FWT: 0.66	Excellent	Baseline: 9.1 ± 4.4 6th month: 5.7 ± 1.1 (n: 31 subgroup)	Good	Measurement error MIC (95% CI) − 17.6% (− 20.7 to − 10.2)	Good
Master et al.	2020	Pre-operative TUG-BPI (back pain): 0.06 TUG-BPI (leg pain): 0.006 TUG-ODI: 0.29 12th month TUG-BPI (back pain): 0.15 TUG-BPI (leg pain): 0.11 TUG-ODI: 0.22	Excellent	Baseline: 15.5 ± 8.1 12th month: 10.6 ± 5.1	Excellent	Measurement error MCID: 1.3 s	Excellent
Maldaner et al.	2021	n/a	n/a	Baseline: 10.4 ± 4.3 6th week: 8.4 ± 3.3	Fair	Measurement error MCID: 0.9 to 3 s	Fair
Maldaner et al.	2021	TUG-VAS (back pain): 0.35 TUG-VAS (leg pain): 0.36 TUG-COMI: 0.40 TUG-ZCQ (PF): 0.45 TUG-ZCQ (SS): 0.40 TUG-ZCQ (PS): 0.38	Fair	Baseline: 10.4 ± 4.3 6th week: 8.4 ± 3.3	Fair	Measurement error SRM: 0.67	Fair
Stienen et al.	2021	TUG-VAS (back pain): 0.37 TUG-VAS (leg pain): 0.37 TUG-COMI: 0.50 TUG-ZCQ (PF): 0.41 TUG-ZCQ (SS): 0.36	Good	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

n/a not available, TUG Timed Up and Go, VAS Visual Analog Scale, ODI Oswestry Disability Index, RMDQ Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire, SF-12 (PCS) short form-12 (physical components summary), SF-12 (MCS) short form-12 (mental components summary), EQ5D EuroQoL 5 dimension, COMI core outcome measures index, ZCQ (PF) Zurich Claudication Questionnaire (physical function), ZCQ (SS) Zurich Claudication Questionnaire (symptom severity), ZCQ (PS) Zurich Claudication Questionnaire (patient satisfaction), ZCQ (NIS) Zurich Claudication Questionnaire, 6-MWT 6-meter walk test, BPI brief pain inventory, 5-MWT 5-minute walk test, 1-MSC 1-minute stair climbing, 50-FTWT 50-foot walk test, ICC intraclass correlation coefficient, MCID minimal clinically important difference, SEM standard error of measurement, SMR standardized response mean, MIC minimal important change

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