Table 3.
Intra-session (within each session) reliability, as expressed with the Intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC), of infant sitting posture for all linear parameters.
Variables | ICC’s | ||||||||
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1st Month | 2nd Month | 3rd Month | 4th Month | ||||||
Sessions | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | Mean |
RMS AP | 0.52 | 0.59 | 0.30 | 0.53 | 0.42 | 0.50 | 0.58 | 0.66 | 0.51 |
RMS ML | 0.42 | 0.57 | 0.36 | 0.46 | 0.30 | 0.57 | 0.70 | 0.51 | 0.49 |
Range AP | 0.57 | 0.52 | 0.19 | 0.49 | 0.47 | 0.62 | 0.57 | 0.72 | 0.52 |
Range ML | 0.37 | 0.52 | 0.33 | 0.39 | 0.38 | 0.58 | 0.76 | 0.47 | 0.48 |
Sway Path | 0.46 | 0.48 | 0.58 | 0.61 | 0.44 | 0.53 | 0.48 | 0.35 | 0.49 |
Abbreviations: RMS = root mean square, AP = anterior-posterior, ML = medial-lateral