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Inter-examiner and intra-examiner agreement for assessing sacroiliac anatomical landmarks using palpation and observation: pilot study
O'Haire, C.
Gibbons, P. [20]

Journal: Manual Therapy Date: 2000/02, 5(1):Pages: 13-20. doi: Subito , type of study: controlled clinical trial

Full text    (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1356689X99902035)

Keywords:

diagnosis [263]
medical students [402]
controlled clinical trial [283]
osteopathic medicine [1540]
palpation [170]
reliability [114]
sacroiliac joint [59]

Abstract:

Despite the paucity of research into the reliability of static palpation, it is still employed extensively as a diagnostic tool by manual medicine practitioners. This study tested the inter- and intra-examiner agreement of ten senior osteopathic students using static palpation on ten asymptomatic subjects. Four assessments of the posterior superior iliac spine (PSIS), sacral sulcus (SS), and the sacral inferior lateral angle (SILA) on every subject by all examiners resulted in 1200 assessments in total. Kappa (Kg) yielded intra-examiner agreement that ranged between less-than-chance to substantial for the SILA (Kg=-0.05 to 0.69; mean Kg=0.21), and slight to moderate for the PSIS (Kg=0.07 to 0.58; mean Kg=0.33) and the SS (Kg=0.02 to Kg=0.60; mean Kg=0.24), with 50% significant beyond the 0.05 level. Inter-examiner agreement was slight (PSIS Kg=0.04; SILA Kg=0.08; SS Kg=0.07) and significant at the 0.01 level. Intra-examiner agreement was greater than inter-examiner agreement, which was consistent with existing palpation reliability studies. The poor reliability of clinical tests involving palpation may be partially explained by error in landmark location.


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