Infrared dermal thermometry is highly reliable in the assessment of patients with Charcot neuroarthropathy

Dallimore, Sarah M.; Puli, Nicholas; Kim, Daniel; Kaminski, Michelle R.

doi:10.1186/s13047-020-00421-z

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research

Table 4 Intra-rater reliability for the touch and non-touch technique

From: Infrared dermal thermometry is highly reliable in the assessment of patients with Charcot neuroarthropathy

	Site	Temperature test (°C) Mean (SD)		Temperature retest (°C) Mean (SD)		ICC	95% CI		MD	SDd	LOA		SEM	MDC
*Touch technique*
*Rater 1*	1	28.00	(1.63)	28.12	(1.78)	0.98	0.96	0.99	0.11	0.32	−0.55	0.78	0.24	0.67
	2	28.51	(1.50)	28.56	(1.58)	0.98	0.97	0.99	0.05	0.28	−0.52	0.62	0.20	0.54
	3	27.87	(1.46)	27.94	(1.54)	0.97	0.93	0.98	0.06	0.38	−0.72	0.85	0.27	0.75
	4	28.13	(1.32)	28.29	(1.41)	0.95	0.89	0.98	0.16	0.42	−0.70	1.02	0.31	0.86
	5	29.72	(1.06)	29.75	(1.05)	0.94	0.88	0.97	0.03	0.36	−0.70	0.77	0.25	0.70
	6	28.92	(1.23)	29.05	(1.31)	0.95	0.90	0.98	0.13	0.37	−0.63	0.89	0.27	0.76
	7	29.48	(1.17)	29.61	(1.25)	0.93	0.85	0.96	0.13	0.46	−0.81	1.06	0.33	0.91
	8	27.41	(1.79)	27.55	(1.74)	0.89	0.79	0.95	0.14	0.82	−1.55	1.83	0.58	1.61
	9	29.74	(1.18)	29.75	(1.20)	0.98	0.96	0.99	0.01	0.25	−0.49	0.51	0.17	0.48
	10	29.47	(1.42)	29.52	(1.46)	0.97	0.94	0.99	0.04	0.36	−0.69	0.78	0.25	0.70
*Rater 2*	1	28.05	(1.65)	28.11	(1.70)	0.98	0.96	0.99	0.06	0.31	−0.58	1.50	0.22	0.61
	2	28.58	(1.48)	28.61	(1.60)	0.98	0.96	0.99	0.03	0.31	−0.61	1.56	0.22	0.60
	3	27.98	(1.47)	27.96	(1.56)	0.99	0.97	0.99	−0.02	0.25	−0.54	1.35	0.18	0.50
	4	28.19	(1.29)	28.26	(1.37)	0.98	0.95	0.99	0.07	0.30	−0.54	1.41	0.21	0.58
	5	29.65	(1.02)	29.81	(1.03)	0.87	0.74	0.93	0.16	0.51	−0.89	2.33	0.37	1.04
	6	29.04	(1.15)	29.04	(1.29)	0.91	0.82	0.96	0.00	0.52	−1.06	2.70	0.36	1.01
	7	29.41	(1.11)	29.57	(1.14)	0.93	0.85	0.97	0.16	0.40	−0.66	1.76	0.30	0.83
	8	27.57	(1.65)	27.63	(1.69)	0.98	0.95	0.99	0.05	0.37	−0.71	1.82	0.26	0.72
	9	29.71	(1.13)	29.73	(1.12)	0.97	0.93	0.98	0.02	0.30	−0.60	1.53	0.21	0.58
	10	29.47	(1.38)	29.62	(1.37)	0.96	0.91	0.98	0.15	0.39	−0.65	1.71	0.29	0.80
*Non-touch technique*
*Rater 1*	1	28.07	(1.69)	28.07	(1.70)	0.99	0.98	1.00	0.00	0.23	−0.47	1.19	0.16	0.45
	2	28.55	(1.51)	28.49	(1.63)	0.98	0.97	0.99	−0.06	0.29	−0.65	1.61	0.20	0.57
	3	27.99	(1.49)	27.91	(1.58)	0.99	0.97	0.99	−0.08	0.25	−0.59	1.46	0.18	0.50
	4	28.23	(1.30)	28.16	(1.40)	0.93	0.87	0.97	−0.07	0.50	−1.08	2.71	0.35	0.96
	5	29.73	(1.11)	29.75	(1.11)	0.96	0.92	0.98	0.02	0.31	−0.61	1.57	0.22	0.60
	6	28.93	(1.29)	29.08	(1.23)	0.93	0.86	0.97	0.16	0.44	−0.75	1.97	0.33	0.90
	7	29.51	(1.18)	29.54	(1.22)	0.93	0.86	0.97	0.03	0.45	−0.90	2.28	0.32	0.87
	8	27.47	(1.61)	27.48	(1.66)	0.97	0.93	0.98	0.01	0.44	−0.89	2.26	0.31	0.85
	9	29.74	(1.27)	29.83	(1.22)	0.97	0.93	0.98	0.09	0.31	−0.55	1.44	0.23	0.63
	10	29.55	(1.37)	29.60	(1.44)	0.98	0.95	0.99	0.06	0.31	−0.57	1.48	0.22	0.60
*Rater 2*	1	28.04	(1.68)	28.16	(1.66)	0.99	0.97	1.00	0.11	0.19	−0.28	0.76	0.16	0.44
	2	28.55	(1.55)	28.59	(1.54)	0.99	0.98	1.00	0.04	0.23	−0.42	1.09	0.16	0.45
	3	27.92	(1.51)	27.98	(1.53)	0.99	0.97	0.99	0.06	0.25	−0.45	1.16	0.18	0.50
	4	28.23	(1.38)	28.28	(1.42)	0.98	0.97	0.99	0.05	0.25	−0.46	1.19	0.18	0.49
	5	29.83	(1.08)	29.87	(1.03)	0.97	0.94	0.99	0.05	0.26	−0.48	1.24	0.18	0.51
	6	29.16	(1.23)	29.14	(1.36)	0.97	0.94	0.99	−0.02	0.33	−0.69	1.75	0.23	0.63
	7	29.48	(1.17)	29.59	(1.16)	0.97	0.93	0.99	0.12	0.28	−0.46	1.22	0.21	0.59
	8	27.66	(1.74)	27.66	(1.69)	0.99	0.97	0.99	0.00	0.29	−0.60	1.52	0.20	0.56
	9	29.71	(1.18)	29.88	(1.13)	0.96	0.89	0.98	0.17	0.29	−0.43	1.16	0.23	0.65
	10	29.58	(1.44)	29.64	(1.48)	0.99	0.98	1.00	0.06	0.20	−0.35	0.91	0.15	0.40

Units of measurement are degrees Celsius (°C)
SD Standard deviation, ICC Intra-class correlation coefficient, CI Confidence interval, MD Mean difference, SDd Standard deviation difference, LOA Limits of agreement, SEM Standard error of measurement, MDC Minimal detectable change

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