Zwiegelaar, S.-A., Dickie, K. E., Abraham, D. R. and Welman, K. E. (2025) Psychometric considerations and age appropriateness of outcome measures implemented in exercise randomized controlled trials within the juvenile idiopathic arthritis cohort: a systematic review. Pediatric Exercise Science. pp. 1-8. ISSN 1543-2920
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Abstract
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis is an autoimmune condition of multifactorial etiology resulting in chronic inflammatory joint disease, which may be associated with systemic manifestations. Therapeutic exercise is essential to counteract physical impairments, which requires the implementation of outcome measures (OMs) in research and practice as they provide meaningful results for research efficacy, exercise program evaluation and quality, medication tolerance, and patient improvement. To assess the types of OMs implemented in exercise randomized controlled trials related to the juvenile idiopathic arthritis cohort and the psychometric properties and age appropriateness of the implemented OMs. The review was registered with PROSPERO (CRD42022336345) on May 30, 2022, followed by a systematic search across PubMed, EBSCOhost, Web of Science, and Ovid. Studies included were appraised using the Joanna Briggs Critical Appraisal Tool for randomized controlled trials. All data collection occurred according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis. A total of 51 outcome measures were implemented across the 20 randomized controlled trials: 2 clinician-reported OMs (4%), 19 patient or parent-reported OMs (37%), and 30 physical performance OMs (59%). The vast majority of included OMs increase the difficulty of comparison across studies and indicate a lack of consideration for validity, reliability, and age appropriateness.
| Publication Type: | Articles |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | paediatric rheumatology, physical health status, physical evaluation, rehabilitation, outcome measures, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, exercise, rehabilitation |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure > GV201 Physical education and training Q Science > QP Physiology R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC1200 Sports Medicine R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics |
| Divisions: | Academic Areas > Institute of Sport Research Entities > Centre for Health and Allied Sport and Exercise Science Research (CHASER) |
| SWORD Depositor: | Publications Router Jisc |
| Depositing User: | Publications Router Jisc |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Jan 2026 09:12 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Jan 2026 09:12 |
| URI: | https://eprints.chi.ac.uk/id/eprint/8259 |
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