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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 9.
Published in final edited form as: Isokinet Exerc Sci. 2011 May 10;19(2):10.3233/IES-2011-0400. doi: 10.3233/IES-2011-0400

Table 1.

Statistics summarizing the reliability of toolbox strength measures obtained from 28 participants

Test* Measure Session 1 mean (SD) Session 2 mean (SD) Intersession difference mean (SD) T (p) ICC (95% CI) SEM CVSEM (%) ME CVME (%)
FRSTST (sec) First 8.1 (2.3) 7.8 (2.3) 0.3 (0.7) 2.48 (0.020) 0.954 (0.903–0.978) 0.5 6.2 0.5 6.2
Best 7.7 (2.1) 7.4 (2.3) 0.3 (0.6) 2.39 (0.024) 0.963 (0.922–0.983) 0.4 5.3 0.4 5.6
Mean 8.0 (2.2) 7.6 (2.3) 0.3 (0.5) 3.61 (0.001) 0.975 (0.946–0.988) 0.3 4.5 0.3 4.5
HGD (N): left First 345.2 (97.4) 342.5 (97.9) 2.7 (34.7) 0.40 (0.690) 0.938 (0.870–0.971) 24.2 7.1 24.5 7.1
Best 351.8 (96.1) 357.6 (100.1) −5.8 (29.4) −1.08 (0.293) 0.955 (0.906–0.979) 20.4 5.7 20.6 5.9
Mean 340.3 (94.3) 344.7 (97.0) −4.4 (23.6) −0.99 (0.331) 0.965 (0.926–0.983) 17.7 5.2 16.7 4.9
HGD (N): right First 366.5 (101.9) 364.7 (97.4) 1.3 (35.1) 0.23 (0.823) 0.937 (0.870–0.971) 25.6 7.0 24.9 6.8
Best 375.0 (97.9) 380.7 (106.3) −5.3 (34.7) −0.84 (0.408) 0.942 (0.879–0.973) 23.6 6.2 24.6 6.5
Mean 367.4 (98.7) 369.2 (101.0) −2.2 (32.5) −0.34 (0.733) 0.948 (0.890–0.975) 22.5 6.1 22.9 6.2
BSHHD (N): left First 377.6 (140.1) 415.0 (122.8) −37.4 (71.2) −2.78 (0.010) 0.853 (0.708–0.929) 53.7 13.6 50.3 12.7
Best 399.4 (145.0) 429.2 (121.9) −29.8 (60.0) −2.61 (0.015) 0.899 (0.795–0.952) 46.1 11.1 42.5 10.3
Mean 386.1 (142.8) 417.7 (118.3) −31.6 (64.3) −2.59 (0.015) 0.879 (0.756–0.942) 49.7 12.4 45.6 11.3
BSHHD (N): right First 384.3 (149.5) 425.7 (146.8) −41.8 (66.3) −3.33 (0.003) 0.900 (0.796–0.953) 47.3 11.7 46.9 11.6
Best 408.8 (158.8) 443.5 (146.3) −34.7 (64.9) −2.83 (0.009) 0.910 (0.813–0.957) 47.6 11.2 45.9 10.8
Mean 393.6 (153.5) 424.8 (140.1) −30.7 (56.0) −2.91 (0.007) 0.928 (0.850–0.966) 41.2 10.1 39.6 9.7
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FRSTST = five repetition sit-to-stand testing; HGD = hand-grip dynamometry; BSHHD = belt-stabilized hand-held dynamometry.