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Table 3 Inter- and intra-observer agreement of the six methods used, before and after total knee arthroplasty

From: A new method for evaluation of patellar height and the position of the joint line before and after total knee arthroplasty

 

Pre-operation

Post-operation

IS

mIS

CD

BP

AP

jAP

JLH

IS

mIS

CD

BP

AP

jAP

JLH

Intra-observer agreement

 ICC

0.92

0.78

0.73

0.79

0.85

0.83

0.80

0.92

0.71

0.87

0.87

0.87

0.87

0.92

 95% confidence interval

0.87–0.95

0.68–0.84

0.63–0.81

0.70–0.86

0.78–0.89

0.75–0.88

0.71–0.86

0.88–0.94

0.60–0.75

0.81–0.91

0.81–0.91

0.80–0.91

0.80–0.91

0.89–0.95

P value

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

 Sample size

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

Inter-observer agreement

 ICC

0.85

0.69

0.68

0.81

0.83

0.82

0.88

0.86

0.54

0.86

0.83

0.83

0.86

0.95

 95% confidence interval

0.79–0.90

0.58–0.78

0.56–0.77

0.73–0.87

0.75–0.88

0.74–0.87

0.82–0.91

0.76–0.91

0.37–0.67

0.81–0.90

0.76–0.88

0.76–0.88

0.80–0.90

0.93–0.97

P value

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

 Sample size

110

110

110

110

110

110

110

110

110

110

110

110

110

110

  1. ICC Intraclass correlation coefficient, IS Insall-Salvati, mIS Modified Insall-Salvati, BP Blackburne-Peel, CD Caton-Deschamps, AP Axis-patella, jAP Joint axis-patella, JLH Height of the joint line