Table 3 Values of volume and thickness of harvested and unharvested tendons over two acquisition days, one examiner
Intra-rater reliability for acquisition and analysis – 1 examiner / 2 acquisitions/ 2 different days/ 2 analysis per patellar tendon | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
24 Participants | ||||
Examiner C.S.P. | Harvested patellar tendon (n = 10) | Unharvested patellar tendon (n = 20) | ||
Areas of interest | Volume (cm3) | Thickness (cm) | Volume (cm3) | Thickness (cm) |
DAY 1 | ||||
 Patellar Apex | 1.4 ± 0.3 | NA | 1.0 ± 0.2 | NA |
 Proximal tendon | 1.3 ± 0.2 | NA | 0.9 ± 0.1 | NA |
 Mid Tendon | 1.3 ± 0.2 | 0.7 ± 0.2 | 0.9 ± 0.2 | 0.5 ± 0.1 |
 Distal Tendon | 1.2 ± 0.2 | NA | 0.8 ± 0.1 | NA |
DAY 2 | ||||
 Patellar Apex | 1.4 ± 0.2 | NA | 1.0 ± 0.2 | NA |
 Proximal tendon | 1.3 ± 0.2 | NA | 1.0 ± 0.2 | NA |
 Mid Tendon | 1.2 ± 0.2 | 0.7 ± 0.2 | 0.9 ± 0.2 | 0.5 ± 0.1 |
 Distal Tendon | 1.3 ± 0.2 | NA | 0.9 ± 0.1 | NA |
ICC (95% CI) | 0.69 (0.48, −0.82) | 0.88 (0.60, − 0.96) | 0.67 (0.52, − 0.77) | 0.57 (0.20, 0.80) |
SEM (ICC) % GrM | 10.6 | 8.9 | 10.2 | 8.7 |
SEM (ICC) | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.04 |
MDC | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 |