Reliability of a clinical kinematic assessment of the sit-to-stand movement. Phys Ther

sis; Tests and measurements, functional. We examined the reproducibility of a kinematic assessment of the sit-to-stand movement in 15 healthy subjects using a standardized protocol. We examined the within-rater and between-rater reliability of the assessment using a clinically feasi-ble method, the video-goniometric measurement method, to analyze the task. Two Assessment of the sit-to-stand move- patients with neurological o r lower ment is one of the important func- extremity dysfunction.'-3 Kinematic or tional evaluations that physical thera- joint angle assessment is perhaps pists carry out when caring for most frequently used by therapists t