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Table 11 Reliability of ultrasonography continued

From: Importance and challenges of measuring intrinsic foot muscle strength

Method

Test

Paper

Participant

Parameter

Reliability

Comment

     

Statistic

Intrarater

Interrater

 
      

Within session

Between session

Hallux toe

Lesser toes

 

Indirect

US

Mickle et al. (2012) [69]

Adults

AbdH CSA

ICC

n/a

0.98

n/a

n/a

Excellent

Age 33.1 ± 11.2 year

AbdH Thickness

ICC

n/a

0.98

n/a

n/a

Excellent

Sex M & F n=8

FHB CSA

ICC

n/a

0.83

n/a

n/a

Excellent

FHB Thickness

ICC

n/a

0.94

n/a

n/a

Excellent

FDB CSA

ICC

n/a

0.99

n/a

n/a

Excellent

FDB Thickness

ICC

n/a

0.87

n/a

n/a

Excellent

QP CSA

ICC

n/a

0.99

n/a

n/a

Excellent

QP Thickness

ICC

n/a

0.95

n/a

n/a

Excellent

AbdM CSA

ICC

n/a

0.97

n/a

n/a

Excellent

    

AbdM Thickness

ICC

n/a

0.96

n/a

n/a

Excellent

  1. Legend: Abbreviations: US-Ultrasonography, M-Male, F-Female, AbdhH-abductor hallucis, FHB-flexor hallucis brevis, FDB- flexor digitorum brevis, QP- quadratus plantae, AbdM-abductor digiti minimi, CSA-cross sectional area. Reliability was interpreted in terms of benchmarks suggested by Fleiss[51] where an ICC or Kappa value (excellent reliability, >0.75; fair to good reliability, 0.40–0.75; and poor reliability, <0.4.