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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2011 Feb;63(2):208–215. doi: 10.1002/acr.20354

Table 3.

Test-Retest reliability of meniscal symptoms

Kappa Value Overall Accuracy

Symptom Checklist (95% CI) Expanded (95% CI) Checklist (95% CI) Expanded (95% CI)
Clicking 0.66 (0.40–0.93) 0.80 (0.58–1.00) 0.83 (0.66–0.93) 0.90 (0.74–0.97)
Giving way 0.68 (0.40–0.97) 0.80 (0.58–1.00) 0.85 (0.66–0.94) 0.90 (0.74–0.97)
Episodic pain −0.06 (−0.16–0.04) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 0.82 (0.64–0.92) 1.00 (0.89–1.00)
Catching 0.53 (0.20–0.85) 0.65 (0.37–0.93) 0.78 (0.59–0.89) 0.83 (0.64–0.93)
Pain with activity 0.00 (0.00–0.00) 0.63 (0.17–1.00) 0.97 (0.83–0.99) 0.93 (0.77–0.98)
Episodic swelling 0.75 (0.49–1.00) 0.70 (0.43–0.97) 0.90 (0.74–0.97) 0.87 (0.70–0.95)
Popping 0.55 (0.24–0.86) 0.86 (0.67–1.00) 0.78 (0.59–0.89) 0.93 (0.78–0.98)
Pain with pivoting/twisting 0.52 (0.12–0.93) 0.52 (0.12–0.93) 0.87 (0.70–0.95) 0.87 (0.70–0.95)
Localized pain 0.63 (0.17–1.00) 0.84 (0.63–1.00) 0.93 (0.78–0.98) 0.93 (0.79–0.98)
Change in quality/pattern of pain 0.19 (−0.12–0.51) 0.78 (0.55–1.00) 0.62 (0.44–0.77) 0.90 (0.74–0.96)
Locking 0.60 (0.29–0.91) 0.77 (0.52–1.00) 0.82 (0.66–0.92) 0.90 (0.74–0.97)