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| Title of Article |
Reliability of novice physiotherapists for measuring Cobb angle using a digital method |
| Date of Acceptance |
26 January 2017 |
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| Title of Journal |
Hong Kong Physiotherapy Journal |
| Standard |
SCOPUS |
| Institute of Journal |
Hong KongPhysiotherapy Association |
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2017 |
| Issue |
37 |
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| Year of Publication |
2017 |
| Page |
34-38 |
| Abstract |
Background: The Cobb’s method is the most accurate and reliable method for kyphosis measurement. Conventionally, a sagittal Cobb angle was commonly derived from a lateral plain film. With computer technology, a digital method is widely used in common clinical settings, but the existing reliability data involved only experienced raters.
Objectives: To assess the interrater and intrarater reliability of a digital Cobb’s method using novice physiotherapists.
Methods: Fifteen participants, with an occiput wall distance of more than 0 cm, were interviewed and assessed for their demographics. Then they were filmed for lateral spinal radiography over the area of thoracic spine in a standing position, and the Cobb angle was analyzed by four raters, including an expert physician and three novice physiotherapists, using a SurgimapSpine programme.
Results: The average Cobb angles among the four raters showed no significant difference (p=0.984). Outcomes of their measurements had excellent intrarater and interrater reliability
[intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC3,3)Z0.995e0.997] with a small range of standard
errors of the measurement (<1).
Conclusion: A digital Cobb’s method had excellent reliability when used by a novice health professional rater. The findings confirm the ease of using this method to detect and monitor kyphosis in general hospitals, clinics, or research facilities. |
| Keyword |
Cobb angle, spinal angle, reliability, spinal deformity, x-ray |
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มีผู้ประเมินอิสระ |
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ตีพิมพ์แล้ว |
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นานาชาติ |
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| Part of thesis |
true |
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