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Table 2 Test-retest Reliability

From: Electric toothbrush application is a reliable and valid test for differentiating temporomandibular disorders pain patients from controls

Site

ICC1 (95% CI*)

Test-retest differences in intensity seconds

  

Mean (95% CI*)

Limits of agreement

Masseter

0.98 (0.96 – 1.00)

2 (-1 to 5)

-5 to 9

Temporalis

0.57 (0.05 – 1.00)

-19 (-52 to 14)

-91 to 52

TMJ

0.86 (0.67 – 1.00)

-5 (-21 to 12)

-44 to 35

3 TMD sites pooled

0.84 (0.64 – 1.00)

-13 (-55 to 28)

-112 to 86

Forearm

0.79 (0.51 – 1.00)

-5 (-14 to 4)

-26 to 16

All 4 sites pooled

0.87 (0.70 – 1.00)

-24 (-65 to 16)

-122 to 73

  1. 1 ICC – intraclass correlation coefficients, * CI – confidence interval