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Table 5 Test–retest reliability of Activity 1 ‘Prolonged Sitting’ (O2Hb)

From: Near-Infrared Spectroscopy measurements are reliable for studying patellar bone hemodynamics and affected by venous occlusion, but not by skin compression

 

30 mm optode

35 mm optode

40 mm optode

Total

(n = 39)

ICC

(95% CI)

SEM

SDC

ICC

(95% CI)

SEM

SDC

ICC

(95% CI)

SEM

SDC

ΔBas_Sit0-10a

0.80

(0.66, 0.89)

1.4

0.6

0.68

(0.47, 0.82)

1.4

0.6

0.68

(0.47, 0.82)

1.1

0.5

ΔBas_Sit10-20b

0.73

(0.54, 0.85)

1.6

0.7

0.60

(0.35, 0.77)

1.6

0.7

0.54

(0.27, 0.73)

1.3

0.6

ΔBas_Sit20-30c

0.77

(0.60, 0.87)

1.5

0.7

0.62

(0.38, 0.78)

1.6

0.7

0.59

(0.34, 0.76)

1.3

0.6

ΔSit20-30_Recd

0.86

(0.75, 0.92)

1.8

0.8

0.85

(0.73, 0.92)

1.6

0.7

0.80

(0.66, 0.89)

1.3

0.6

Controls

(n = 30)

 ΔBas_Sit0-10a

0.68

(0.43, 0.84)

1.4

0.7

0.51

(0.19, 0.73)

1.5

0.7

0.61

(0.33, 0.80)

1.1

0.6

 ΔBas_Sit10-20b

0.56

(0.25, 0.76)

1.8

0.9

0.39

(0.03, 0.66)

1.7

0.9

0.43

(0.08, 0.68)

1.4

0.7

 ΔBas_Sit20-30c

0.66

(0.39, 0.82)

1.7

0.9

0.49

(0.16, 0.72)

1.7

0.9

0.53

(0.21, 0.75)

1.4

0.7

 ΔSit20-30_Recd

0.80

(0.62, 0.90)

1.9

1.0

0.78

(0.58, 0.89)

1.7

0.8

0.73

(0.51, 0.86)

1.3

0.7

PFP

(n = 9)

 ΔBas_Sit0-10a

0.92

(0.71, 0.98)

1.3

1.2

0.88

(0.57, 0.97)

1.3

1.2

0.83

(0.41, 0.96)

1.0

0.9

 ΔBas_Sit10-20b

0.94

(0.76, 0.99)

1.2

1.1

0.90

(0.62, 0.98)

1.1

1.0

0.82

(0.39, 0.96)

1.0

0.9

 ΔBas_Sit20-30c

0.95

(0.80, 0.99)

1.0

0.9

0.89

(0.60, 0.98)

1.0

1.0

0.80

(0.34, 0.95)

0.9

0.9

 ΔSit20-30_Recd

0.95

(0.80, 0.99)

1.6

1.5

0.96

(0.84, 0.99)

1.1

1.0

0.93

(0.72, 0.98)

1.0

0.9

  1. Abbreviations: O2Hb oxygenated hemoglobine, ICC intraclass correlation coefficient, CI confidence interval, SEM standard error of measurement (in µmol/cm2), SDC smallest detectable change (in µmol/cm2)
  2. aChange between baseline and first 10 min of sitting with the knees flexed
  3. bChange between baseline and second 10 min of sitting with the knees flexed
  4. cChange between baseline and third 10 min of sitting with the knees flexed
  5. dChange between third 10 min sitting with the knees flexed and 5 min of recovery time