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Table 6 Test-retest reliability of amount of use and quality of use in the younger age group

From: Observational skills assessment score: reliability in measuring amount and quality of use of the affected hand in unilateral cerebral palsy

 

Amount of use

Quality of use affected hand

 

Use of both hands (%)

Quality of reach (1–3)

Quality of grasp fingers (1–3)

Quality of grasp wrist (1–5)

Quality of hold fingers (1–4)

Quality of hold wrist (1–5)

Quality of release (1–4)

Threading beads

       

ICC

0.720

0.118

0.770

0.906

0.770

0.899

0.787

95% CI

0.248-0.921

−0.598-0.686

0.294-0.938

0.666-0.976

0.347-0.936

0.665-0.974

0.337-0.943

Mean diff.

−4.90

−0.08

0.003

0.02

−0.09

−0.10

0.01

SD difference

12.36

0.59

0.20

0.35

0.25

0.37

0.24

SDD

24.90

1.11

0.37

0.65

0.50

0.71

0.44

Pop-Onz

       

ICC

0.689

0.693

0.604

0.934

0.597

0.847

0.379

95% CI

0.157-0.912

0.127-0.921

0.062-0.881

0.771-0.983

−0.051-0.884

0.488-0.960

−0.361-0.805

Mean diff.

3.75

0.14

0.11

0.07

0.02

0.01

−0.01

SD difference

16.11

0.20

0.24

0.28

0.54

0.47

0.29

SDD

30.82

0.43

0.49

0.55

1.0

0.87

0.53

Stacking blocks

       

ICC

0.775

0.401

0.511

0.665

0.554

0.592

0.116

95% CI

0.304-0.939

−0.283-0.809

−0.153-0.853

0.072-0.906

−0.054-0.866

−0.015-0.880

−0.626-0.688

Mean diff.

−0.08

−0.07

−0.06

−0.03

−0.13

−0.18

0.005

SD difference

12.19

0.30

0.31

0.82

0.46

0.78

0.48

SDD

22.65

0.57

0.59

1.53

0.89

1.49

0.89

  1. ICC = intra class correlation; CI = confidence interval, SD = standard deviation; SEM = standard error of measurement; SDD = smallest detectable difference.
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