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Table 4 Inter-session reliability of maximum force (N).

From: Reliability of the TekScan MatScan®system for the measurement of plantar forces and pressures during barefoot level walking in healthy adults

 

Mean of three trials

Region

Session 1

mean (SD)

Session 2

mean (SD)

ICC (95% CI)

CV (%)

MDC

95% LoA

Total

665.38 (113.56)

654.50 (121.90)

0.92 (0.84 - 0.96)

5.1

91.01

-84.83 - 101.40

Heel

400.50 (70.21)

391.09 (88.16)

0.87 (0.75 - 0.94)

6.9

71.78

-66.69 - 85.51

Midfoot

111.31 (61.49)

108.56 (63.06)

0.95 (0.89 - 0.97)

13.2

39.72

-37.46 - 42.95

MPJ345

215.35 (56.88)

214.86 (52.07)

0.72 (0.49 - 0.85)

13.5

79.53

-80.02 - 81.10

MPJ2

149.94 (28.05)

147.98 (31.87)

0.76 (0.56 - 0.88)

9.9

40.01

-39.03 - 42.86

MPJ1

141.41 (41.58)

145.43 (36.19)

0.80 (0.61 - 0.90)

12.3

47.56

-52.86 - 44.72

Hallux

96.79 (26.38)

94.83 (25.40)

0.71 (0.47 - 0.85)

14.6

38.54

-36.97 - 40.80

Lesser toes*

52.56 (25.79)

58.55 (27.56)

0.92 (0.84 - 0.96)

5.1

24.52

-30.79 - 18.73

 

Median of three trials

Total

660.58 (119.64)

661.07 (115.03)

0.97 (0.94 - 0.99)

3.0

54.13

-54.92 - 55.80

Heel

393.54 (68.94)

397.86 (80.02)

0.91 (0.81 - 0.95)

5.8

59.23

-67.57 - 58.94

Midfoot

105.91 (62.17)

114.35 (65.51)

0.93 (0.85 - 0.96)

15.8

47.46

-56.88 - 39.81

MPJ345

218.09 (59.62)

215.45 (57.57)

0.81 (0.64 - 0.91)

11.8

70.12

-68.16 - 73.55

MPJ2

147.20 (29.81)

141.80 (31.68)

0.79 (0.62 - 0.89)

9.3

37.95

-42.76 - 33.93

MPJ1

141.02 (36.68)

141.12 (40.40)

0.79 (0.60 - 0.89)

12.5

48.25

-49.13 - 49.03

Hallux

98.48 (26.06)

93.65 (25.89)

0.78 (0.58 - 0.89)

12.8

33.93

-29.22 - 39.03

Lesser toes*

58.45 (30.90)

53.05 (27.07)

0.89 (0.78 - 0.95)

17.2

25.50

-21.08 - 32.07

  1. * significant difference (p < 0.05) between session 1 and 2