Table 5.
Between-Days Intratester Reliability (ICC [2,3]) and Measurement Error for Thoracic Spine Range-of-Motion Measurements
Test | Right Side |
Left Side |
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ICC (95% Confidence Interval) | Standard Error of Measurement, ° | Minimal Detectable Change, ° | ICC (95% Confidence Interval) | Standard Error of Measurement, ° | Minimal Detectable Change, ° | |
Seated rotation, bar in back | 0.84 (0.70, 0.91) | 5.48 | 2.10 | 0.87 (0.76, 0.93) | 1.59 | 4.42 |
Seated rotation, bar in front | 0.84 (0.72, 0.91) | 5.15 | 4.83 | 0.87 (0.76, 0.93) | 1.60 | 4.43 |
Half-kneeling rotation, bar in back | 0.91 (0.84, 0.95) | 3.85 | 2.16 | 0.90 (0.82, 0.94) | 1.40 | 3.88 |
Half-kneeling rotation, bar in front | 0.88 (0.77, 0.93) | 5.09 | 3.27 | 0.87 (0.76, 0.93) | 1.89 | 5.24 |
Lumbar-locked rotation | 0.90 (0.83, 0.95) | 5.23 | 5.53 | 0.88 (0.78, 0.93) | 2.01 | 5.56 |
Abbreviation: ICC, intraclass correlation coefficient.