Relationship between depression and movement quality in normal young adults.
Shingo Mitsue, Taisei Yamamoto
PMID 31645813WHAT IT FOUND
Healthy young adults with higher depression scores were rated by a physiotherapist as having lower overall movement quality, though eight movement items did not differ.
The study included only 20 students, so this is not a diagnostic test.
Key findings
01Participants with SDS scores of 40 or more had lower total BARS-MQE movement quality scores than those with scores below 40.
02Significant differences were found for BARS-MQE items No. 3, No. 9, No. 11, No. 12, and the total score.
03No significant differences were found for eight movement quality scores.
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What it does not show
The study included only 20 healthy undergraduate students, not patients with physical or mental health conditions. Depression was measured with a self-report questionnaire, not by a psychiatrist diagnosis. The study compared 13 movement scores and found significant differences in only five, so the pattern was inconsistent. The participants were ambulatory and could complete a 30-minute movement test, so findings may not apply to patients with motor dysfunction or fatigue. The paper describes a relationship between questionnaire scores and movement ratings, not a treatment effect. The high-score and low-score groups were small, with 9 and 11 participants.
Declared interests
Funded by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science KAKENHI Grant Number 18K10802. The authors declared no competing interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that poor movement quality diagnoses depression or that improving movement quality will improve mood. The study measured healthy students at one time and only compared questionnaire scores with movement ratings.