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

Table 5 Inter-rater reliability for the touch and non-touch technique

	Site	Temperature test (°C) Mean (SD)		Temperature retest (°C) Mean (SD)		ICC	95% CI		MD	SDd	LOA		SEM	MDC
*Touch technique*
	1	28.00	(1.63)	28.05	(1.65)	0.98	0.96	0.99	0.05	0.34	−0.65	1.66	0.24	0.66
	2	28.51	(1.50)	28.58	(1.48)	0.98	0.95	0.99	0.07	0.33	−0.60	1.55	0.23	0.64
	3	27.87	(1.46)	27.98	(1.47)	0.92	0.85	0.96	0.11	0.58	−1.07	2.76	0.41	1.13
	4	28.13	(1.32)	28.19	(1.29)	0.93	0.85	0.96	0.06	0.50	−0.97	2.49	0.35	0.98
	5	29.72	(1.06)	29.65	(1.02)	0.92	0.84	0.96	−0.07	0.42	−0.93	2.34	0.30	0.83
	6	28.92	(1.23)	29.04	(1.15)	0.90	0.81	0.95	0.11	0.52	−0.96	2.49	0.37	1.03
	7	29.48	(1.17)	29.41	(1.11)	0.83	0.68	0.92	−0.07	0.67	−1.44	3.61	0.47	1.30
	8	27.41	(1.79)	27.57	(1.65)	0.96	0.91	0.98	0.16	0.48	−0.82	2.16	0.35	0.98
	9	29.74	(1.18)	29.71	(1.13)	0.89	0.79	0.95	−0.03	0.54	−1.14	2.87	0.38	1.05
	10	29.47	(1.42)	29.47	(1.38)	0.95	0.89	0.97	0.00	0.47	−0.96	2.42	0.33	0.90
*Non-touch technique*
	1	28.07	(1.69)	28.55	(1.68)	0.99	0.99	1.00	−0.03	0.20	−0.44	1.10	0.14	0.39
	2	28.55	(1.51)	28.04	(1.55)	0.99	0.97	0.99	0.00	0.27	−0.55	1.40	0.19	0.52
	3	27.99	(1.49)	27.92	(1.51)	0.97	0.93	0.98	−0.07	0.40	−0.88	2.20	0.28	0.78
	4	28.23	(1.30)	28.23	(1.38)	0.94	0.88	0.97	0.00	0.47	−0.96	2.43	0.33	0.90
	5	29.73	(1.11)	29.83	(1.08)	0.92	0.85	0.96	0.10	0.42	−0.77	2.00	0.30	0.84
	6	28.93	(1.29)	29.16	(1.23)	0.92	0.81	0.96	0.23	0.46	−0.71	1.92	0.36	0.99
	7	29.51	(1.18)	29.48	(1.17)	0.91	0.82	0.96	−0.03	0.51	−1.07	2.69	0.35	0.98
	8	27.47	(1.61)	27.66	(1.74)	0.93	0.86	0.97	0.19	0.61	−1.05	2.76	0.44	1.23
	9	29.74	(1.27)	29.71	(1.18)	0.92	0.83	0.96	−0.03	0.51	−1.07	2.70	0.35	0.98
	10	29.55	(1.37)	29.58	(1.44)	0.98	0.95	0.99	0.03	0.31	−0.60	1.53	0.21	0.59

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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