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Table 4 Intra-rater reliability of the ultrasound measurements (direct method) in the feasibility study for the STCP group (n = 15). Data were expressed as typical error and intra-class coefficients (ICC) with their 95% confidence intervals (CI) and mean differences ± standard deviation (SD)

From: An ultrasonographic analysis of the activation patterns of abdominal muscles in children with spastic type cerebral palsy and in typically developing individuals: a comparative study

Muscle & Stage Typical Error 95% CI ICC 95% CI Mean diff ± SD
EO R 0.65 (0.06–0.24) 0.81 (0.66–0.96) − 0.19 ± 0.04
EO Ac 0.59 (0.07–0.18) 0.88 (0.76–0.97) −0.10 ± 0.04
IO R 0.60 (0.06–0.20) 0.82 (0.86–0.98) 0.10 ± 0.08
IO Ac 0.62 (0.08–0.24) 0.80 (0.65–0.95) 0.11 ± 0.05
TrA R 0.64 (0.05–0.20) 0.82 (0.68–0.98) 0.17 ± 0.07
TrA Ac 0.63 (0.06–0.22) 0.85 (0.70–0.94) 0.08 ± 0.06
RA R 0.60 (0.08–0.25) 0.86 (0.75–0.98) −0.11 ± 0.06
RA Ac 0.62 (0.07–0.20) 0.88 (0.76–0.97) −0.19 ± 0.03
  1. Key: EO R external oblique resting stage, EO Ac external oblique active stage, IO R internal oblique resting stage, IO Ac internal oblique active stage, TrA R transverse abdominis resting. TrA Ac transverse abdominis active stage, RA R rectus abdominis resting stage, RA Ac rectus abdominis active stage
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