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Ultrasonographic Measurement of the Thickness of Axillary Recess Capsule in Healthy Volunteers
- Source :
- Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2016.
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Abstract
- Objective To evaluate the inter-rater and intra-rater reliability of ultrasonographic measurements of axillary recess (AR) thickness in healthy individuals, and to analyze the factors affecting the thickness of the AR capsule. Methods We recruited 20 healthy individuals (10 male, 10 female) with a mean age of 37 years (standard deviation ±10). Two physiatrists (an experienced and a novice rater) independently investigated the AR thickness in three rounds. The AR thickness was measured for each individual at three shoulder abduction angles (50°, 70°, and 90°). Intra-class correlation (ICC) coefficients were used to assess the reproducibility of each measurement. Results Excellent intra-rater reliability coefficients were observed at the three shoulder abduction angles, in the analysis of both raters. The inter-rater reliability coefficient was also was excellent in both studies. There were significant differences in the AR thickness, according to the angle of shoulder abduction. The AR was thicker at 50° than at 70° and 90° (all p
- Subjects :
- 030222 orthopedics
Reproducibility
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Axillary recess
education
Rehabilitation
Capsule
Mean age
030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging
Surgery
03 medical and health sciences
Reliability and validity
0302 clinical medicine
Shoulder abduction
Healthy individuals
Healthy volunteers
medicine
Original Article
Ultrasonography
business
Nuclear medicine
Reliability (statistics)
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 22340653 and 22340645
- Volume :
- 40
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b3e7b6369b29d5620a86f044f8517ab2