{"doi":"10.1080/09593985.2022.2135149","title":"Use of a treadmill, lift, and carry battery as a composite functional performance test: analysis of data from a pragmatic randomized controlled trial in a military population participating in a functional restoration program","abstract":"BACKGROUND: The treadmill, lift, and carry (TLC) battery is a composite functional performance test created to measure the effectiveness of a functional restoration (FR) program in a military population. PURPOSE: To determine the validity, reliability, and minimal clinically important differences (MCIDs) of the individual tests and the composite TLC battery. METHODS: We assessed the validity by mean differences, effect sizes, and standardized response means pre- and post-FR; and by correlations between the TLC battery and other established measures. We assessed reliability by correlating pre- and post-FR scores. We used principal component analysis (PCA) to create a composite measure. We determined MCIDs via distribution methods and receiver operator curve analysis. RESULTS: There were significant (p < .001) mean changes and large effect sizes (0.6-0.8) pre- to post-FR. Pre- and posttest Spearman's correlations ranged from 0.5 to 0.6. Spearman's correlations between TLC battery scores and other measures were small (± 0.3-0.4) and significant (p < .001). PCA supported use of a single-component composite. MCIDs were treadmill time: 3 minutes; metabolic equivalent of task: 1.5 units; floor-to-waist lift: 15 lbs; waist-to-shoulder lift: 10 lbs; 40-foot carry: 10 lbs; and composite score: 6 units. CONCLUSION: This secondary data analysis provides preliminary support for the validity and reliability of the TLC battery for use in military populations.","journal":"Physiotherapy Theory and Practice","year":2022,"id":287785,"datarank":0.0,"base_score":0.0,"endowment":0.0,"self_citation_contribution":0.0,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.0,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":3,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":0.9632,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":true,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":"2022-01-01","fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":284233,"name":"Larisa Burke","orcid":"0000-0002-0129-7593","position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":968223,"name":"Dana C. Sanford","orcid":null,"position":2,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":570977,"name":"Asha Mathew","orcid":"0000-0002-8782-1981","position":3,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":366021,"name":"Alana Steffen","orcid":"0000-0003-4292-6138","position":4,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":752596,"name":"Diane M. Flynn","orcid":"0000-0002-9777-8155","position":5,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":286146,"name":"Ardith Z. Doorenbos","orcid":"0000-0002-3899-8238","position":6,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":967801,"name":"Tyler J. Snow","orcid":"0000-0003-3255-5580","position":0,"is_corresponding":true}],"reference_count":33,"raw_metadata":null,"created_at":"2026-07-19T00:30:01.051685Z","pmid":"36282735","pmcid":null,"fwci":null,"citation_percentile":null,"influential_citations":0,"oa_status":null,"license":null,"views":0,"total_file_size_bytes":0,"version_count":0,"fair_f":null,"fair_a":null,"fair_i":null,"fair_r":null,"fair_zscore":null,"fair_rationale":null,"fair_model":null,"fair_agent_version":null,"fair_fulltext_source":null,"fair_has_llm":null,"fair_computed_at":null,"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"db_accessions":[],"linked_datasets":[],"topics":[]}