Table 3.

Inter- and intra-rater reliabilities and validities of the Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament Test and the Thumb Localizing Test, and the differences among the four spaces of the Thumb Localizing Test.

	Inter-rater reliability K (95% CI)	p	Intra-rater reliability K (95% CI)	p	Validity V.S. SIAS light touch score R (95% CI)	p	Validity V.S. SIAS position sense score R (95% CI)	p
SWMTthumb	0.75 (0.60–0.91)	<0.001	0.89 (0.83–0.95)	<0.001	0.57 (0.35–0.73)	<0.001	0.57 (0.34–0.73)	<0.001
SWMTindex finger	0.79 (0.66–0.92)	<0.001	0.80 (0.67–0.93)	<0.001	0.65 (0.46–0.79)	<0.001	0.59 (0.37–0.74)	<0.001
TLTnavel level, proximal	0.83 (0.73–0.92)	<0.001	0.83 (0.71–0.95)	<0.001	−0.52 (−0.70 – –0.28)	<0.001	−0.62 (−0.76 – –0.41)	<0.001
TLTnavel level, distal	0.80 (0.69–0.90)	<0.001	0.90 (0.85–0.96)	<0.001	−0.61 (−0.76 – –0.40)	<0.001	−0.66 (−0.79 – –0.46)	<0.001
TLTshoulder level, proximal	0.77 (0.65–0.89)	<0.001	0.80 (0.68–0.92)	<0.001	−0.54 (−0.71 – –0.30)	<0.001	−0.70 (−0.82 – –0.52)	<0.001
TLTshoulder level, distal	0.80 (0.68–0.92)	<0.001	0.87 (0.80–0.93)	<0.001	−0.61 (−0.76 – –0.39)	<0.001	−0.66 (−0.79 – –0.46)	<0.001

SWMT, Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament Test; TLT, Thumb Localizing Test.