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Table 8 Reliability of plantar pressure measurements

From: Importance and challenges of measuring intrinsic foot muscle strength

Method

Test

Paper

Participants

Reliability

Comment

    

Statistic

Intrarater

Interrater

Test-retest

 
     

Hallux Toe

Lesser toes

Comb

Hallux toe

Lesser toes

Hallux toe

Lesser toe

 

Direct

Plantar Pressure

Mickle et al. (2009) [17]

Fallers (F) Vs

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Not reported

 

Non-fallers (NF)

 

Age F 71.6 ± 6.6 year

 

NF 72.1± 6.7 year

 

Sex M & F n=303

 

Menz et al. (2006) [15]

Young Vs Older participants

ICC

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

0.88 (95%CI 0.81-0.93)

0.87 (95%CI 0.73-0.92)

Excellent

   

Age: Older 74.6 ± 5.7 year Young 40 ± 2.2 year

         
   

Sex M & F n=80

         
  

Mickle et al. (2008) [16]

Healthy participants

ICC

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

0.93 ± 0.01

0.92 ± 0.08

Excellent

   

Age 31.8 ± 8.5 year

      

No CI

No CI

 
   

Sex M & F n=6

      

reported

reported

 
  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.