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Table 1 Reliability statistics for the subjects with and without symptoms

From: Clinical measurement of the thoracic kyphosis. A study of the intra-rater reliability in subjects with and without shoulder pain

Measurement

Mean(SD)

Range

ICC-single

(95%CI)

SEM from ICC-single

ICC-average (95%CI)

SEM from ICC-average

Subjects without symptoms

T1/2 and T12/L1

35.5°(6.0°)

5°-62°

.95 (.91-.97)

2.4°

.97 (.95-.99)

1.0°

T1/T2

24.9°(8.1°)

2°-49°

.92 (.89-.96)

2.3°

.96 (.92-.98)

1.6°

T12/L1

10.5°(4.1°)

0°-23°

.89 (.81-.94)

1.4°

.94 (.89-.97)

1.0°

Subjects with symptoms

T1/2 and T12/L1

37.6°(9.5°)

11°-62°

.93 (.88-.96)

2.5°

.97 (.94-.98)

1.7°

T1/T2

26.6°(7.6°)

7°-51°

.93 (.87-.96)

2.0°

.96 (.93-.98)

1.5°

T12/L1

11.0°(3.7°)

1°-23°

.84 (.73-.91)

1.5°

.92 (.84-.98)

1.1°

  1. Abbreviations: T1 (1st thoracic spinous process), T2 (2nd thoracic spinous process), T12 (12th thoracic spinous process), L1 (1st lumbar spinous process), ICC (intraclass correlation coefficient), SEM (standard error of measurement)