15 April 2024>: Clinical Research
Evaluation of the Interrater Reliability of Sonographic Measurements of Muscle Thickness of 38 Piriformis Muscles in 19 Patients with Piriformis Syndrome
Sibel Caglar 1ABDEG* , Ozden Ozyemisci-Taskiran 2ACDEGDOI: 10.12659/MSM.943720
Med Sci Monit 2024; 30:e943720
Table 1 Individual measurement values of piriformis muscle thickness measurements from different measurement sites in dominant and non-dominant sides of patients with piriformis syndrome by each examiner.
Measurement site | Mean thickness of piriformis muscle (mm) mean±SD (min–max) | |||
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Examiner 1 | Examiner 2 | |||
Dominant | Nondominant | Dominant | Nondominant | |
Near greater trochanter | 11.0±2.7 (6.0–17.9) | 10.9±3.0 (7.5–19.1) | 10.4±2.8 (6.4–16.7) | 10.4±3.2 (5.5–16.8) |
Over ilium | 11.8±2.4 (7.8–16.6) | 11.8±2.4 (8.5–16.9) | 12.2±2.4 (8.5–16.6) | 12.7±3.2 (7.9–16.7) |
Near sacrum | 12.3±2.9 (8.1–19.3) | 12.4±3.6 (8.0–22.4) | 12.8±3.1 (8.4–21.8) | 12.2±3.4 (7.5–19.3) |
mm – millimeter; min – minimum; max – maximum SD – standard deviation. |