Skip to main content

Table 2 AROM reproducibility. SD = between-subject standard deviation, CI = confidence interval, sw = within-subject standard deviation, SDD = smallest detectable difference, ICC = intraclass correlation coefficient.

From: Range of shoulder motion in patients with adhesive capsulitis; Intra-tester reproducibility is acceptable for group comparisons

Movement

Side

Obs. 1

Obs. 2

Obs. 2-1

sw

SDD for various probabilities

ICC

  

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (95% CI)

 

95%

90%

80%

50%

(95% CI)

A. ABD

Affected

55 (21)

53 (21)

-2 (-5 to 1)

6

15

13

10

5

0.93 (0.86–0.96)

 

Non-aff.

145 (13)

140 (16)

-5 (-10 to -1)

9

24

20

16

8

0.61 (0.34–0.79)

A. FLE

Affected

87 (24)

86 (23)

-1 (-6 to 4)

10

28

24

18

10

0.83 (0.67–0.91)

 

Non-aff.

161 (10)

160 (10)

-2 (-4 to 1)

5

14

12

9

5

0.75 (0.55–0.87)

A. INT

Affected

45 (16)

40 (15)

-5 (-8 to 1)

7

18

15

12

6

0.77 (0.59–0.88)

 

Non-aff.

90 (11)

90 (9)

-1 (-3 to 2)

6

16

14

11

6

0.69 (0.45–0.83)

A. EXT

Affected

18 (16)

16 (16)

-2 (-4 to 1)

5

13

11

9

5

0.91 (0.82–0.95)

 

Non-aff.

80 (15)

80 (14)

0 (-3 to 3)

6

16

13

10

5

0.85 (0.71–0.92)

C. AROM

Affected

205 (57)

196 (60)

-9 (-19 to 0)

19

52

44

34

18

0.89 (0.79–0.94)

 

Non-aff.

477 (31)

470 (36)

-7 (-15 to 1)

16

44

37

29

15

0.77 (0.58–0.88)