Table 2 Reliability of hand assessment variables
From: Hand assessment in older adults with musculoskeletal hand problems: a reliability study
| Â | Inter-observer reliability (n= 55) | Intra-observer reliability (n= 54) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Prev % | Agr | Agr % | K | Agr | Agr % | K |
Dupuytren's - L (present/absent) | 17.3 | 8/44 | 94.5 | 0.81 | 6/45 | 94.4 | 0.77 |
Hand function: Grip Ability Test (GAT) (score grouped into quintiles ‡ ) | - | (7/4/6/5/10) | 58.2 | 0.62 | (6/4/3/4/9) | 48.1 | 0.54 |
Phalen's test - R (pos/neg/uta) | 29.1 | 11/33/1 | 81.8 | 0.58 | 12/30/1 | 79.6 | 0.56 |
Finklestein's test - L (pos/neg/uta) | 9.1 | 3/48/0 | 92.7 | 0.56 | 3/45/0 | 88.9 | 0.45 |
Grind test - R (pos/neg/uta) | 18.2 | 6/41/0 | 85.5 | 0.51 | 5/42/0 | 87.0 | 0.54 |
Phalen's test - L (pos/neg/uta)* | 18.2 | 5/39/1 | 81.8 | 0.49 | 6/34/1 | 75.9 | 0.41 |
Dupuytren's - R (present/absent)* | 20.0 | 6/38 | 81.5 | 0.46 | 6/44 | 92.6 | 0.91 |
Finklestein's test - R (pos/neg/uta) | 10.9 | 3/45/0 | 87.3 | 0.40 | 1/46/0 | 87.0 | 0.25 |
Grind test - L (pos/neg/uta) | 16.4 | 4/41/0 | 81.8 | 0.34 | 8/38/0 | 85.2 | 0.57 |
Skin condition (normal/discolouration) | 79.1 | 37/5 | 76.4 | 0.31 | 46/1 | 87.0 | 0.17 |
Global impression of upper limb (normal/abnormal) | 81.9 | 37/2 | 71.0 | 0.14 | 52/2 | 100.0 | 1.00 |