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  • The reliability of knee joint position testing using electrogoniometry

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    Piriyaprasarth, Pagamas
    Morris, Meg E
    Winter, Adele
    Bialocerkowski, Andrea E
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Bialocerkowski, Andrea E.
    Year published
    2008
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    Background The current investigation examined the inter- and intra-tester reliability of knee joint angle measurements using a flexible Penny and Giles Biometriclectrogoniometer. The clinical utility of electrogoniometry was also addressed. Methods The first study examined the inter- and intra-tester reliability of measurements of knee joint angles in supine, sitting and standing in 35 healthy adults. The second study evaluated inter-tester and intra-tester reliability of knee joint angle measurements in standing and after walking 10 metres in 20 healthy adults, using an enhanced measurement protocol with a more detailed ...
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    Background The current investigation examined the inter- and intra-tester reliability of knee joint angle measurements using a flexible Penny and Giles Biometriclectrogoniometer. The clinical utility of electrogoniometry was also addressed. Methods The first study examined the inter- and intra-tester reliability of measurements of knee joint angles in supine, sitting and standing in 35 healthy adults. The second study evaluated inter-tester and intra-tester reliability of knee joint angle measurements in standing and after walking 10 metres in 20 healthy adults, using an enhanced measurement protocol with a more detailed electrogoniometer attachment procedure. Both inter-tester reliability studies involved two testers. Results In the first study, inter-tester reliability (ICC[2,10]) ranged from 0.58-0.71 in supine, 0.68-0.79 in sitting and 0.57-0.80 in standing. The standard error of measurement between testers was less than 3.55ࠡnd the limits of agreement ranged from -12.51࠴o 12.21஠Reliability coefficients for intra-tester reliability (ICC[3,10]) ranged from 0.75-0.76 in supine, 0.86-0.87 in sitting and 0.87-0.88 in standing. The standard error of measurement for repeated measures by the same tester was less than 1.7ࠡnd the limits of agreement ranged from -8.13࠴o 7.90஠The second study showed that using a more detailed electrogoniometer attachment protocol reduced the error of measurement between testers to 0.5ஊ Conclusion Using a standardised protocol, reliable measures of knee joint angles can be gained in standing, supine and sitting by using a flexible goniometer.
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    Journal Title
    BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
    Volume
    9
    Issue
    6
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-9-6
    Copyright Statement
    © 2008 Piriyaprasarth et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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    Page numbers are not for citation purposes. Instead, this article has the unique article number of 6.
    Subject
    Clinical sciences
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/47309
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