Inter-rater reliability of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT) in evaluating and classifying chronic pelvic pain syndrome

The study indicates good inter-rater reliability among MDT clinicians in classifying pelvic pain syndrome. However, clinical vignettes may not fully capture the complexities of real participant interactions, potentially inflating agreement. Future studies should incorporate direct observation of real participant encounters alongside clinical vignettes to improve validity.

Authors

Shawn M. K. Robbins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8108-0561)
Richard Rosedale (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9004-5661)
Catherine Bednarczyk
迪吴 (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0832-4192)
Huili Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1116-8779)
Adriana RamonFigueroa
Meridith Geer

Institutions

Institut Régional de Médecine Physique et de Réadaptation (FR)
Community Hospital (US)
McGill University (CA)

Publication Details

Journal: Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy
Published: 2025-03-17
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10669817.2025.2475456
Primary Topic: Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
Type: article
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Inter-rater reliability of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT) in evaluating and classifying chronic pelvic pain syndrome

Shawn M. K. Robbins, Richard Rosedale, Catherine Bednarczyk, 迪吴 et al.

Mar 17, 2025

Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy

Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation

article

Inter-rater reliability of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT) in evaluating and classifying chronic pelvic pain syndrome

Shawn M. K. Robbins, Richard Rosedale, Catherine Bednarczyk, 迪吴, Huili Zhu, Adriana RamonFigueroa, Meridith Geer

March 17, 2025article en

Abstract

The study indicates good inter-rater reliability among MDT clinicians in classifying pelvic pain syndrome. However, clinical vignettes may not fully capture the complexities of real participant interactions, potentially inflating agreement. Future studies should incorporate direct observation of real participant encounters alongside clinical vignettes to improve validity.

Journal of Manual & Manipulative TherapyVol. 33(5)

Institut Régional de Médecine Physique et de Réadaptation (FR), Community Hospital (US), McGill University (CA)

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Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation

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