Table 4. Within-session reliability parameters for TSP for each site using different sequences of measurements (n = 23).
Sites TSP | Sequences of measurements | ICC (95%CI) | CV (%) | SEMeas | MDICind | MDICgr | |||
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NRS | % | NRS | % | NRS | % | ||||
Hand | 1-2-3 | 0.91 (0.79–0.96) | 60.29 | 0.58 | 23.50 | 1.59 | 65.16 | 0.33 | 13.58 |
1–2 | 0.88 (0.71–0.95) | 62.74 | 0.70 | 29.91 | 1.94 | 82.91 | 0.40 | 17.29 | |
1* (non-transformed) | 0.73 (0.46–0.88) | 73.09 | 0.86 | 38.03 | 2.38 | 105.39 | 0.50 | 21.98 | |
1 (logn) | 0.78 (0.54–0.90) | NA | 0.15 | NA | 0.41 | NA | 0.09 | NA | |
1 (antilog) | ×/÷1.16 | ×/÷1.51 | |||||||
Back | 1-2-3 | 0.83 (0.59–0.93) | 74.47 | 0.79 | 40.70 | 2.18 | 112.81 | 0.46 | 23.52 |
1-2* (non-transformed) | 0.81 (0.55–0.92) | 78.32 | 0.85 | 44.60 | 2.37 | 123.63 | 0.49 | 25.78 | |
1–2 (logn) | 0.81 (0.55–0.92) | NA | 0.17 | NA | 0.47 | NA | 0.10 | NA | |
1–2 (antilog) | ×/÷1.18 | ×/÷1.60 | |||||||
1 | 0.58 (0.23–0.80) | 78.12 | 0.98 | 50.56% | 2.71 | 140.15 | 0.57 | 29.22 |
ICC intraclass correlation coefficient, with a 95% confidence interval, CV coefficient of variation, SEMeas standard error of the measurement, MDCind individual minimal detectable change, MDCgr group minimal detectable change, NA: not applicable.
* Reliability outcomes are presented for non-transformed data distributions in order to facilitate interpretation but considerations of these data must be done cautiously because the assumption of the normality of the distribution was violated.