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. 2013 Feb 11;6:58. doi: 10.1186/1756-0500-6-58

Table 1.

Intertester-reliability of measuring length and position variables

Variable ICC, 1,1 95% CI of ICC Mean difference (cm) 95%LA (cm) SEM (cm)
C7-PSIS distance
0.991
0.978 to 0.996
< 0.1
−0.5 to 0.6
0.2
T4
0.967
0.922 to 0.986
<0.1
−0.4 to
0.5
0.2
T7
0.981
0.955 to 0.992
0.1
−0.9 to 1.0
0.3
T10
0.988
0.972 to 0.995
0.1
−0.6 to 0.7
0.2
L1
0.99
0.976 to 0.996
0.1
−0.4 to 0.6
0.2
L4 0.999 0.998 to 1 0.1 −0.4 to 0.6 0.2

Table 1 (ICC = Intraclass Correlation Coefficient, 95% CI = 95% Confidence Interval, 95% LA = 95% Limits of agreement), SEM = Standard error of the measurement, C7-PSIS distance = distance between spinal process of the seventh cervical vertebrae and the posterior superior iliac spine, T4, T7, T10, L1 and L4 = spinal process of the fourth, seventh and tenth thoracic and first and fourth lumbar vertebrae.