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. 2020 Dec 17;25(6):709–718. doi: 10.1016/j.bjpt.2020.12.002

Table 2.

Percentage of agreement (PA%) within each rater (A, B, and C) and between test occasions.

E. Lower extremity Intrarater agreement (PA %)
Interrater agreement (PA %)
Rater A Rater B Rater C Test occasion 1 Test occasion 2
n = 40 n = 38 n = 38 n = 60 n = 60
I. Reflex activity
 Flexors 97 97 97 100 100
 Extensors 100 100 97 100 100



II. Within synergies, supine
 Hip flexion 95 94 92 95 97
 Knee flexion 97 100 97 100 100
 Ankle dorsiflexion 95 88 89a 92 95
 Hip extension 92 97 97 100 98
 Hip adduction 97 100 94 98 98
 Knee extension 97 100 100 97 97
 Ankle plantar flexion 95 88 89 98 93
 SUM E II, range 0−14 points 90 79 83 88 90



III. Mixed synergies, sitting
 Knee flexion 95 97 92 98 95
 Ankle dorsiflexion 90 91 86 93 95
 SUM E III, range 0–4 points 90 91 83 92 93



IV. Little or no synergies, standing
 Knee flexion to 90° 92 82 81 95 93
 Ankle dorsiflexion 77 76 86 88 95
 SUM E IV, range 0−4 points 69a 68 72a 85 92
 SUM E IV, 1-point difference 100 95 94



V. Normal reflex activity
 Knee flexors, patellar, achilles 92 91 83a 100 100
 SUM E, range 0−28 points 62 62 53a 78 85
 SUM E, 1-point difference accepted 87 79 69
 SUM E, 2-point difference accepted 94 86 82



F. Coordination/speed
 Tremor 87 100 97 93 92
 Dysmetria 85 91 83 90 92
 Time 77 76 75 95 97
 SUM F, range 0−6 points 62 68 64 83 87
 SUM F, 1-point difference accepted 90 97 91



TOTAL E–F, range 0–34 points 51 47 50a 75 80
TOTAL E–F, 1-point difference accepted 77 76 69
TOTAL E–F, 2-point difference accepted 92 82 80

Abbreviations: PA, percentage of agreement, RP, relative position.

a

Statistically significant disagreement where the absolute value of RP is ≥0.1 and the 95% confidence interval does not include 0 are marked in bold.