TY - JOUR
T1 - Intra- and inter-rater reliability of the rate of force development of hip abductor muscles measured by hand-held dynamometer
AU - Takeda, Kazuya
AU - Tanabe, Shigeo
AU - Koyama, Soichiro
AU - Nagai, Tomoko
AU - Sakurai, Hiroaki
AU - Kanada, Yoshikiyo
AU - Shomoto, Koji
PY - 2018/1/2
Y1 - 2018/1/2
N2 - The aim of this study was to clarify the intra- and inter-rater reliability of the rate of force development in hip abductor muscle force measurements using a hand-held dynamometer. Thirty healthy adults were separately assessed by two independent raters on two separate days. Rate of force development was calculated from the slope of the force-time curve that was divided into four time intervals (50, 100, 200, and 300 ms). The highest values of the three trials were used for statistical analysis. The intra-class correlation coefficient with a 95% confidence interval, standard error of measurement, and minimal detectable change at the 95% confidence level were calculated for each interval. For assessment of systematic error, Bland-Altman analysis was used. The results indicated that intra- and inter-rater reliability of the highest values at all intervals were sufficient (intra-class correlation coefficient >.7). The Bland-Altman analysis did not show systematic error in either reliability measure.
AB - The aim of this study was to clarify the intra- and inter-rater reliability of the rate of force development in hip abductor muscle force measurements using a hand-held dynamometer. Thirty healthy adults were separately assessed by two independent raters on two separate days. Rate of force development was calculated from the slope of the force-time curve that was divided into four time intervals (50, 100, 200, and 300 ms). The highest values of the three trials were used for statistical analysis. The intra-class correlation coefficient with a 95% confidence interval, standard error of measurement, and minimal detectable change at the 95% confidence level were calculated for each interval. For assessment of systematic error, Bland-Altman analysis was used. The results indicated that intra- and inter-rater reliability of the highest values at all intervals were sufficient (intra-class correlation coefficient >.7). The Bland-Altman analysis did not show systematic error in either reliability measure.
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U2 - 10.1080/1091367X.2017.1365078
DO - 10.1080/1091367X.2017.1365078
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85029452626
VL - 22
SP - 19
EP - 24
JO - Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science
JF - Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science
SN - 1091-367X
IS - 1
ER -