Reliability of movement control tests in the lumbar spine

Table 3 Comparison of Kappa coefficients

Test	This study Ø Kappa	Van Dillen et al 1998	White & Thomas 2002	Murphy et al 2006
Sitting knee Extension	0.72	0.58	0.17
Crook lying hip abduction	0.38	0.60	0.50
Prone knee bend extension	0.47	0.76	0.22
Prone hip extension				0.74
Prone knee bend rotation	0.58	0.43
Rocking 4 point kneeling fx	0.57	0.78	0.62
Rocking 4 point kneeling ext	0.68	0.51	0.39
Fx standing relative flexibility		0.51	0.55
Waiters bow	0.62

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