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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 3.

Kappa values between raters

Kappa (κ)
Finding Frequency
of finding
on CO		 MD vs PT PT vs CO MD vs CO
Pelvis Hi 7 0.00 0.00 0.087
Pectus Carinatum 3 0.00 0.23 0.00
Pectus Excavatum 2 0.40 0.20 0.18
Infraxiphoid Dep. 1 0.20 0.050 0.13
Supraxiphiod Dep. 0 0.74 0.00 0.00
Protuding Abdomen 2 0.74 0.23 0.22
Thoracic Protrusion Ant 0 0.42 0.14 0.20
Thoracic Protrusion Pos 2 0.31 0.23 0.15
Scoliosis Thoracic 4 0.20 0.084 0.12
Scoliosis T-L 1 0.20 0.17 0.18
Scoliosis Lumbar 0 1.0 0.17 0.18

MD = physiatrist as SP image evaluator

PT = physical therapist as SP image evaluator

CO = clinical observation