Table 5

Psychometric properties of Baltimore Therapeutic Equipment work simulator II–Power Output task

TestType of propertyStatistical testValueInterpretation
BTEWS IITest-retest reliabilityICC0.53moderate
Spearman0.37Poor
BTEWS IIMeasurement ErrorSEM30.25
MDC90 70.59
BTEWS IIConvergent ValiditySpearmanNot ReportedWeak
BTEWS IIDiscriminative Validity (Pain vs Control)Two-way Repeated Measures ANOVANot ReportedNon-significant
  • *Spearman correlations completed with Numeric Rating Scale, Neck Disability Index and Shoulder Pain and Disability Index.

  • ANOVA, analysis of variance; ICC, intraclass correlation coefficient; MDC90, 90% minimal detectable change; SEM, SE of measurement.