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Table 7 Test–retest reliability of Activity 2 ‘Stair Descent’ (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_Stepa

0.45

(0.17, 0.67)

2.7

1.2

0.54

(0.27, 0.73)

1.9

0.8

0.42

(0.12, 0.65)

1.8

0.8

Controls

(n = 30)

 ΔBas_Stepa

0.48

(0.16, 0.71)

2.6

1.3

0.51

(0.18, 0.73)

1.9

0.9

0.55

(0.24, 0.76)

1.5

0.8

PFP

(n = 9)

 ΔBas_Stepa

0.39

(-0.38, 0.82)

2.8

2.5

0.62

(-0.03, 0.90)

2.0

1.8

0.08

(-0.61, 0.68)

2.4

2.2

  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 45 degrees of knee flexion