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Table 3 Validity

From: Validity and reliability of using photography for measuring knee range of motion: a methodological study

 

Mean XRay

Mean Rater

Mean Difference

(95% CI)

Diff. p-value

(2-sided)

Concordance Correlation

Coefficient (95% CI)

B-A Mean Difference

(95% Limits of Agreement)

Marker Method

Flexion (degrees) - XRay > 20

XRay v RF

90.9

91.5

0.6 (-1.3 to 2.4)

0.54

0.981 (0.970 to 0.993)

1.2 (-7.6 to 10.0)

XRay v PT

90.9

90.1

-0.8 (-3.0 to 1.3)

0.42

0.975 (0.960 to 0.991)

-0.4 (-7.1 to 6.4)

XRay v OS

90.9

90.8

-0.1 (-2.1 to 1.9)

0.93

0.980 (0.966 to 0.993)

1.5 (-6.1 to 9.1)

Extension (degrees) - XRay <= 20

XRay v RF

6.0

13.8

7.8 (2.2 to 13.5)

0.01

0.540 (0.359 to 0.721)

9 (-6.0 to 24.0)

XRay v PT

6.0

12.1

6.1 (1.2 to 11.0)

0.02

0.611 (0.430 to 0.792)

3 (-9.3 to 15.6)

XRay v OS

6.0

12.8

6.8 (1.9 to 11.7)

0.01

0.586 (0.404 to 0.767)

8 (-9.0 to 25.0)

Line of Femur Method

Flexion (degrees) - XRay > 20

XRay v RF

90.9

92.1

1.2 (-0.8 to 3.2)

0.21

0.978 (0.963 to 0.994)

1.0 (-6.0 to 8.1)

XRay v PT

90.9

90.5

-0.4 (-1.9 to 1.2)

0.62

0.988 (0.980 to 0.996)

-0.8 (-10.2 to 8.5)

XRay v OS

90.9

92.4

1.5 (-0.2 to 3.2)

0.08

0.982 (0.971 to 0.994)

-0.1 (-8.9 to 8.7)

Extension (degrees) - XRay <= 20

XRay v RF

6.0

15.0

9.0 (3.1 to 14.9)

<0.01

0.478 (0.294 to 0.662)

8.9 (-6.7 to 24.6)

XRay v PT

6.0

9.1

3.1 (-1.8 to 8.0)

0.18

0.678 (0.493 to 0.862)

6.1 (-6.5 to 18.7)

XRay v OS

6.0

14.0

8.0 (1.3 to 14.7)

0.02

0.497 (0.305 to 0.689)

6.8 (-5.8 to 19.3)

  1. RF = research fellow; PT = physiotherapist; OS = orthopaedic surgeon; v = versus; B-A = Bland-Altman