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Table 6 Reliability of toe dynamometry

From: Importance and challenges of measuring intrinsic foot muscle strength

Method

Test

Paper

Participant

Reliability

Comment

    

Statistic

Intrarater

Interrater

Test-retest

 
     

Hallux toe

Lesser toes

Comb

Hallux toe

Lesser toes

Hallux toe

Lesser toe

 

Direct

Toe Dynamometry

Unger & Wooden (2000) [19]

Healthy participants

ICC

0.981

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Excellent

Age 21.0- 62.0 year Sex M & F n=15

 

Kwon et al. (2009) [11]

Hammer toe(HT) deformity Vs Matched control

ICC

n/a

n/a

0.88-0.96

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Excellent

Age: HT 32.0 ± 14.0 year

Control 29.0 ± 8.0 year Sex M & F n=29

 

Senda et al. (1999) [18]

Marathon Runner Vs participants not involved in sport

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Not reported

   

Age 19.9 ± 1.8 year Sex F n=49

         
  1. Legend: Abbreviations: M-Male, F-Female, Comb-combined. 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.