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Table 2 Concordance between the advanced practice physiotherapist and orthopaedic surgeons on knee and hip primary diagnoses (n=120)

From: Validation of an advanced practice physiotherapy model of care in an orthopaedic outpatient clinic

 

Raw agreement proportion (%)

Cohen’s kappa

95% CI

Overall

106/120

(88)

0.86

0.80 – 0.93

Hip†

9/11

(82)

  

Knee‡

97/109

(89)

0.87

0.79 – 0.94

  Osteoarthritis

41/43

(95)

  

  ACL tear

12/12

(100)

  

  Meniscal injury

18/20

(90)

  

  Patellofemoral syndrome

12/14

(86)

  
  1. † Cohen’s kappa could not be calculated because of high concordance and small number of hip cases (n=11).
  2. ‡ For knee disorders, raw agreement proportions (%) for selected common knee pathologies are also presented.
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

ISSN: 1471-2474

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