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. 2008 Jan 22;9:6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-9-6

Table 1.

Inter-tester reliability and intra-tester reliability of knee joint angle measurements in sitting and supine

Position Inter-tester reliability (n = 35) Intra-tester reliability (n = 37)

ICC[2,10] SEM (°) ICC[3,10] SEM (°)
Sitting
Neutral knee position - 2.31 - 1.21
Knee flexion position 1 0.79 1.48 0.87 0.90
Knee flexion position 2 0.68 2.97 0.86 1.25
Supine
Neutral knee position - 1.97 - 0.80
Knee flexion position 1 0.71 2.03 0.75 1.51
Knee flexion position 2 0.58 3.55 0.76 1.74
Standing
Neutral knee position - 1.61 - 1.61
Knee flexion position 1 0.57 3.20 0.87 1.37
Knee flexion position 2 0.80 1.94 0.88 1.31

ICC = Intraclass correlation coefficient, SEM = standard error of measurement

See the details of knee positions in text.