Table 4 Minimal Detectable Change (MDC), Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC type 2.1), with 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) for the five lumbar motor control tests
From: Inter-examiner reproducibility of tests for lumbar motor control
Test | MDC | ICC | (95% CI) | Difference Average (SD) | 95% LOA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1) Repositioning, RPS (all) | 0.24 | 0.90 | (0.81; 0.94) | 0.02 (0.12) | (-0.22; 0.26) |
-> LBP = 0 | 0.85 | (0.60; 0.95) | 0.06 (0.13) | (-0.19; 0.31) | Â |
-> LBP = 1 | 0.92 | (0.82; 0.96) | 0.00 (0.12) | (-0.23; 0.22) | Â |
2) Sitting Forward Lean, SFL (all) | 0.35 | 0.96 | (0.92; 0.98) | -0.06 (0.18) | (-0.41; 0.29) |
-> LBP = 0 | 0.94 | (0.82; 0.98) | -0.08 (0.18) | (-0.43; 0.28) | Â |
-> LBP = 1 | 0.96 | (0.92; 0.98) | -0.05 (0.18) | (-0.40; 0.30) | Â |
3) Sitting Knee Extension, SKE (all) | 0.19 | 0.95 | (0. 90; 0.97) | -0.01 (0.10) | (-0.20; 0.18) |
-> LBP = 0 | 0.94 | (0.84; 0.98) | 0.00 (0.08) | (-0.17; 0.16) | Â |
-> LBP = 1 | 0.95 | (0.88; 0.98) | -0.02 (0.11) | (-0.22; 0.19) | Â |
4) Bent Knee Fall Out, BKFO (all) | 0.37 | 0.94 | (0.88; 0.97) | -0.03 (0.19) | (-0.40; 0.34) |
-> LBP = 0 | 0.97 | (0.92; 0.99) | 0.01 (0.15) | (-0.29; 0.31) | Â |
-> LBP = 1 | 0.89 | (0.77; 0.95) | -0.06 (0.21) | (-0.46; 0.35) | Â |
5) Leg Lowering, LL (all) | 2.90 | 0.98 | (0.96; 0.99) | -0.17 (1.49) | (-3.08; 2.74) |
-> LBP = 0 | 0.98 | (0.92; 0.99) | -0.75 (1.43) | (-3.54; 2.05) | Â |
-> LBP = 1 | 0.98 | (0.96; 0.99) | 0.18 (1.44) | (-2.65; 3.00) | Â |