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. 2014 Jan 9;14(1):1057–1072. doi: 10.3390/s140101057

Table 1.

The table reports the values for the reliability index, ρ, which is a dimensionless number in the range, [ 13, 1], relative to each calibration movement. The value is expressed as a mean (±1 SD) computed on our group of 40 children.

Calibration Movement Thorax Upper Arm L Upper Arm R Forearm L Forearm R

Supine on the ground 0.98 ±0.006 0.98 ±0.018 0.99 ±0.013 0.97 ±0.022 0.98 ±0.018
Thorax rotation on the transverse plane 0.79 ±0.043
Thorax flexion-extension 0.78 ±0.050
Forearm flexion-extension with bar 0.74 ±0.044 0.74 ±0.046
Upper arm flexion-extension with bar 0.63 ±0.044 0.63 ±0.041 0.68 ±0.048 0.69 ±0.049
Upper arm flexion-extension 0.60 ±0.042 0.61 ±0.038 0.55 ±0.031 0.57 ±0.035
Upper arm abb-adduction 0.58 ±0.035 0.59 ±0.028 0.53 ±0.034 0.55 ±0.031
Forearm prono-supination 0.67 ±0.089 0.66 ±0.085 0.83 ±0.053 0.84 ±0.050