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. 2016 May 27;17:234. doi: 10.1186/s12891-016-1090-z

Table 1.

Intra-rater reliability (ICC; CI) according to lumbar level, quartile, and side

L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 L1-5
Q1 0.84 0.85 0.86 0.89 0.94 0.93
0.71–0.91 0.74–0.92 0.76–0.93 0.81–0.94 0.88–0.97 0.91–0.95
Q2 0.72 0.87 0.89 0.84 0.92 0.89
0.38–0.86 0.76–0.93 0.81–0.94 0.72–0.91 0.85–0.97 0.86–0.92
Q3 0.71 0.70 0.81 0.76 0.88 0.83
0.46–0.85 (0.51–0.83) 0.67–0.90 0.59–0.86 0.78–0.93 0.78–0.87
Q4 0.75 0.67 0.87 0.84 0.83 0.81
0.53–0.87 0.45–0.81 0.75–0.93 0.72–0.91 0.70–0.91 0.76–0.85
Qmean 0.61 0.70 0.87 0.85 0.91 0.85
0.37–0.78 0.50–0.83 0.77–0.93 0.74–0.92 0.84–0.95 0.81–0.89
Right 0.82 0.87 0.86 0.88 0.95 0.91
0.74–0.87 0.81–0.91 0.79–0.90 0.83–0.92 0.93–0.97 0.90–0.93
Left 0.77 0.69 0.87 0.81 0.88 0.85
0.59–0.87 0.54–0.80 0.81–0.91 0.73–0.87 0.83–0.92 0.83–0.88

Lumbar level (L1,L2,L3,L4,L5) and all lumbar levels combined (L1-5); Quartiles (Q1,Q2,Q3,Q4) where 1 is most medial, and 4 most lateral, and average of all 4 (Qmean)