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. 2021 Jul 1;12:677888. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2021.677888

Table 2.

Interrater reliability for three raters in individuals with and without spinal cord injury considering the sensory level and the applied tool.

Individuals Dermatomes Grouping Fleiss κ 95% CI % agreement
With SCI All All tools 0.680 0.679 to 0.681 83.97
AT/ABOVE SL All tools 0.217 0.215 to 0.220 89.20
Safety pin (4 cm) 0.097 0.092 to 0.102 87.14
Safety pin (5 cm) −0.020 −0.025 to −0.015 96.15
Neurotip® 0.259 0.254 to 0.264 82.05
Transofix® 0.218 0.213 to 0.223 89.74
Cottontip 0.251 0.246 to 0.256 90.93
BELOW SL All tools 0.541 0.539 to 0.543 80.94
Safety pin (4 cm) 0.642 0.638 to 0.646 84.78
Safety pin (5 cm) 0.526 0.522 to 0.529 79.78
Neurotip® 0.553 0.549 to 0.556 84.89
Transofix® 0.436 0.432 to 0.440 76.37
Cottontip 0.534 0.531 to 0.538 78.94
Non-SCI All All tools 0.021 0.020 to 0.022 97.33
Safety pin (4 cm) −0.002 −0.005 to 0.001 99.53
Safety pin (5 cm) −0.007 −0.010 to −0.004 98.57
Neurotip® −0.024 −0.027 to −0.021 95.24
Transofix® −0.005 −0.008 to −0.002 99.05
Cottontip 0.047 0.044 to 0.050 94.29

Shaded boxes denote that Fleiss κ is not interpretable due to a ceiling effect (35), p < 0.01 for all κ in white boxes. cm, centimeter; SL, sensory level; SCI, spinal cord injury; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval.