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 2 Interrater reliability of muscle thickness measurements between 2 examiners.
| Measurement site | Intraclass correlation | 95% Confidence interval | F test with True 0 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower bound | Upper bound | Value | df1 | df2 | p value | ||
| Near greater trochanter | 0.883 | 0.769 | 0.940 | 9.072 | 36 | 36 | |
| Over ilium | 0.777 | 0.570 | 0.885 | 4.688 | 36 | 36 | |
| Near sacrum | 0.811 | 0.632 | 0.903 | 5.189 | 36 | 36 | |
| Overall | 0.836 | 0.761 | 0.888 | 6.063 | 110 | 110 | |