Reliability of ultrasound imaging of the transversus abdominis muscle in asymptomatic subjects

Autor:	Sin Ho Chung, Young Youl You
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Correlation coefficient business.industry Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Reliability Asymptomatic Confidence interval Surgery Transversus abdominis Ultrasound imaging Medicine Original Article medicine.symptom business Nuclear medicine
Zdroj:	Journal of Physical Therapy Science
ISSN:	2187-5626 0915-5287
DOI:	10.1589/jpts.27.1373
Popis:	[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to assess intra-rater and inter-rater procedural reliability of ultrasound imaging measurements of transversus abdominis thickness. [Subjects] Thirty therapists who attended the B Hospital in Hwaseong participated in the study. [Methods] Two examiners assessed transverse abdominis thickness at rest and during contraction. Intra-class correlation coefficient with 95% confidence interval and, standard error of measurement were calculated. [Results] The intra-rater procedural reliability of ultrasound imaging measurements of transverse abdominis thickness, assessed using the intra-class correlation coefficient, was 0.65–0.86 (within-day, 0.65–0.86; between-day, 0.77–0.85). The inter-rater procedural reliability of ultrasound imaging measurements of transverse abdominis thickness, assessed using the intra-class correlation coefficient, was 0.72–0.86 (within-day, 0.72–0.86; between-day, 0.82–0.83). [Conclusion] Ultrasound imaging can be used as a reliable method for measurements of transverse abdominis thickness.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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