From: Importance and challenges of measuring intrinsic foot muscle strength
Method | Test | Paper | Participant | Parameter | Reliability | Comment | ||||
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 |  |  |  |  | Statistic | Intrarater | Interrater |  | ||
 |  |  |  |  |  | Within session | Between session | Hallux toe | Lesser toes |  |
Indirect | MRI (5 point scale) | Bus et al. (2006) [21] | Diabetic patient Vs matched control | Intrinsic muscle atrophy under 5th Metatarsal | weighted kappa | n/a | 0.94 | n/a | n/a | Excellent |
Age DB 56.8 year | ||||||||||
Control 58.0 year Sex M & F n=28 | ||||||||||
 | US (High end Philips HDII) | Hing et al. (2009) [61] | Healthy Asymptomatic participants | Dorsoplantar thickness of AbdH | ICC | 0.97 (95% CI 0.95-0.99) | 0.97 (95%CI 0.95-0.98) | n/a | n/a | Excellent |
Age 28.24 ±10.2 year | Medio-lat width of AbdH | ICC | 0.96 (95%CI 0.95-0.98) | 0.94 (95%CI 0.90-0.96) | n/a | n/a |  | |||
Sex M & F n=30 | CSA of AbdH | ICC | 0.98 (95%CI 0.96-0.98) | 0.79 (95%CI 0.65-0.88) | n/a | n/a | Â | |||
US | Jung et al. (2011) [25] | FO vs FOSFE in patient with pes planus | CSA of AbdH | ICC | 0.97 (95%CI 0.94-0.99) | n/a | n/a | n/a | Excellent | |
Age: FO 21.93 ± 2.73 year | ||||||||||
 |  |  | FOSFE 22.36 ± 2.41 year n=28 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |