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Table 1 Reliability estimates obtained in the study parts A

From: Reliability of the standard goniometry and diagrammatic recording of finger joint angles: a comparative study with healthy subjects and non-professional raters

Position, Study part, Characteristics, Goniometer

ICC (LL of 95 % one-sided L-L CI)

SEM in degrees

MCP

PIP

DIP

MCP

PIP

DIP

EXT, I-A, Intra-R, PGn

0.88 (0.87)

0.84 (0.82)

0.89 (0.88)

3.2

4.1

3.5

SGn

0.89 (0.885)

0.86 (0.84)

0.91 (0.90)

3.1

4.2

3.3

II-A, Intra-R, PGn

0.90 (0.89)

0.86 (0.85)

0.85 (0.83)

2.8

3.3

3.8

SGn

0.89 (0.88)

0.90 (0.89)

0.87 (0.865)

2.9

3.3

3.6

I-A, Inter-R, PGn

0.87 (0.78)

0.78 (0.65)*

0.85 (0.76)

3.3

4.8

4.1

SGn

0.86 (0.77)

0.80 (0.69)*

0.88 (0.79)

3.5

4.9

3.8

II-A, Inter-R, PGn

0.86 (0.77)

0.83 (0.72)*

0.82 (0.71)*

3.2

3.8

4.1

SGn

0.87 (0.78)

0.84 (0.74)*

0.86 (0.77)

3.2

4.0

3.8

FLEX. I-A, Intra-R, PGn

0.89 (0.88)

0.86 (0.85)

0.83 (0.81)

2.8

4.2

4.3

SGn

0.91 (0.90)

0.89 (0.88)

0.86 (0.85)

2.4

3.6

3.8

II-A, Intra-R, PGn

0.90 (0.89)

0.85 (0.82)

0.82 (0.77)

3.2

3.4

3.8

SGn

0.93 (0.92)

0.87 (0.85)

0.85 (0.82)

2.8

3.2

3.4

I-A, Inter-R, PGn

0.87 (0.78)

0.83 (0.73)*

0.78 (0.66)*

3.1

4.6

4.9

SGn

0.86 (0.76)

0.86 (0.76)

0.83 (0.73)*

3.0

4.1

4.2

II-A, Inter-R, PGn

0.83 (0.72)*

0.76 (0.62)*

0.69 (0.54)*

4.2

4.3

4.9

SGn

0.88 (0.80)

0.80 (0.67)*

0.75 (0.61)*

3.5

3.9

4.4

  1. ICC = intraclass correlation coefficient; LL = lower limit; CI = confidence interval; SEM = standard error of measurement; EXT, FLEX = position of imitated incomplete extension and flexion, respectively; R = rater; PGn = paper goniometer; SGn = standard finger goniometer; * null hypothesis retained.