Reliability of movement control tests on the cervical spine

Table 4 Results of inter-tester reliability

	Rotation	Lateral flexion	Extension CTJ	Nod movement on the wall	Upper cervical Rot./LF	Flex./Ext. full range	Upper body forward/backward
Kappa	0.47	0.77	0.68	0.8	0.68	0.69	0.84
95% CI	0.04-0.89	0.55-0.97	0.47-0.9	0.55-1.0	0.47-0.89	0.47-0.9	0.68-0.94
% agreement	93.3	88.3	84.4	95.5	84.5	84.4	94.5
	Bilateral shoulder elevation	Unilateral arm flexion	Arm flexion 90° with weight	Forward bending in standing	Neck flexion in supine position	Pro/retraction
Kappa	1	0.74	0.85	1	0.81	0.91
95% CI		0.47-0.95	0.55-1.0		0.61-1.0	0.75-1.0
% agreement	100	97.8	97.7	100	93.3	96.3

CTJ:Cervicalthoracic Junction, Rot.: Rotation, LF: Lateralflexion, Flex.: Flexion, Ext.: Extension.

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