%0 Journal Article
%T Intrarater Reliability of Rehabilitative Ultrasound Imaging of the Gluteus Maximus, Lumbar Multifidus and Transversus Abdominis Muscles in Healthy Subjects
%A Shideh Narouei
%A Amir hossein Barati
%A Mohammad hossein Alizadeh
%A Asghar Akbari
%A Fateme Ghiasi
%J specialty journal of sport sciences
%@ 2521-3156
%D 2016
%V 1
%N 1
%P 1-11
%X Objectives: To evaluate intrarater reliability of Rehabilitative Ultrasound Imaging in obtaining thickness measurements of the gluteus maximus , Transversus abdominis and lumbar multifidus muscles at rest and during contractions.
Design: Single-group repeated-measures reliability study.
Setting: University and orthopedic physical therapy clinic.
Participants: healthy subjects (N = 5).
Interventions: Not applicable.
Main Outcome Measures: Thickness measurements of the Gmax, TrA and lumbar MF muscles at rest and during contractions were obtained by using RUSI during 2 sessions within a day. Percent thickness change was calculated as thickness contracted – thickness rest / thickness rest × 100.
Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) were used to estimate reliability.
Results: Intraexaminer reliability point estimates (ICC) ranged from 0.57 to 0.96. Reliability estimates were lower for percent thickness change measures than the corresponding single thickness measures for all conditions.
Conclusions: RUSI Thickness and thickness percent change measurement of Gmax, MF and Tra is adequately reliable.
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