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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 24.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2011 Oct;90(10):844–850. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e3182240c2c

Table 2.

Summary of observation type and kappa values

Feature Kappa Agreement CI (+/−)
SP Image Evaluation

Physical therapist vs.
physiatrist
Pelvis Hi 0.00 Slight 0.00
Pectis Carinatum 0.00 Slight 0.00
Pectis Excavatum 0.40 Fair 0.22
Infraxiphoid Dep. 0.20 Slight 0.13
Supraxiphiod Dep. 0.74 Substantial 0.22
Protuding Abdomen 0.74 Substantial 0.22
Thorasic Protrusion Ant −0.01 Poor 0.17
Thorasic Protrusion Pos 0.32 Fair 0.13
Scoliosis Thoracic 0.27 Fair 0.062
Scoliosis T-L 0.64 Substantial 0.097
Scoliosis Lumbar 0.07 Slight 0.087
Clinical observation vs.
SP image evaluation

Physical therapist
Pelvis Hi 0.00 Slight 0.00
Pectis Carinatum 0.52 Moderate 0.23
Pectis Excavatum 0.09 Slight 0.20
Infraxiphoid Dep. 0.02 Slight 0.050
Supraxiphiod Dep. 0.00 Slight 0.00
Protuding Abdomen −0.25 Poor 0.23
Thorasic Protrusion Ant 0.18 Slight 0.14
Thorasic Protrusion Pos 0.22 Fair 0.23
Scoliosis Thoracic 0.46 Moderate 0.084
Scoliosis T-L 0.14 Slight 0.17
Scoliosis Lumbar 0.26 Fair 0.17
Clinical observation vs.
SP image evaluation

Physiatrist
Pelvis Hi 0.02 Slight 0.087
Pectis Carinatum 0.00 Slight 0.00
Pectis Excavatum −0.40 Poor 0.18
Infraxiphoid Dep. −0.20 Poor 0.13
Supraxiphiod Dep. 0.00 Slight 0.00
Protuding Abdomen 0.21 Fair 0.22
Thorasic Protrusion Ant 0.35 Fair 0.20
Thorasic Protrusion Pos 0.22 Fair 0.15
Scoliosis Thoracic 0.72 Substantial 0.12
Scoliosis T-L 0.27 Fair 0.18
Scoliosis Lumbar 0.38 Fair 0.18