Table 4 Echo-types values in harvested and unharvested tendons – performed by two examiners, each examiner taking two acquisitions on the same day
Inter-rater reliability for acquisition and analysis - 2 acquisitions/ same day/ 2 examiners/ 2 analysis per patellar tendon | |||||||||||
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Harvested and Unharvested patellar tendons of 16 participants - (n = 21) | |||||||||||
Area/ Echo-types | Examiner 1 (C.S.P.) | Examiner 2 (R.C.G.S.) | Â | Â | Â | ||||||
Type I (%) | Type II (%) | Type III (%) | Type IV (%) | Type I (%) | Type II (%) | Type III (%) | Type IV (%) | ICC (95% CI) | SEM (ICC) % GrM (%) | SEM (ICC) (%) | |
Patellar Apex | 55.4 ± 13.2 | 31.0 ± 8.2 | 8.8 ± 8.5 | 4.8 ± 5.0 | 49.0 ± 12.6 | 36.3 ± 8.5 | 10.2 ± 10.5 | 4.5 ± 5.0 | 0.94 (0.90, − 0.96) | 25.5 | 6.4 |
Proximal tendon | 60.8 ± 15.4 | 27.0 ± 8.8 | 7.7 ± 8.4 | 4.6 ± 5.3 | 55.8 ± 16.4 | 30.5 ± 6.1 | 9.8 ± 12.4 | 4.0 ± 4.9 | 0.97 (0.94, − 0.97) | 21.0 | 5.2 |
Mid Tendon | 60.6 ± 17.5 | 26.4 ± 9.3 | 8.5 ± 10.1 | 4.5 ± 4.6 | 58.7 ± 14.1 | 29.2 ± 7.0 | 8.1 ± 9.0 | 4.0 ± 5.8 | 0.98 (0.97, − 0.98) | 14.6 | 3.7 |
Distal Tendon | 52.2 ± 16.6 | 26.2 ± 9.6 | 14.0 ± 10.3 | 7.4 ± 6.0 | 55.8 ± 16.5 | 28.1 ± 6.3 | 11.1 ± 12.1 | 5.2 ± 4.6 | 0.89 (0.83, − 0.92) | 31.6 | 7.9 |
Overall Tendon | 54.2 ± 15.6 | 25.4 ± 7.9 | 13.4 ± 9.6 | 7.1 ± 5.4 | 53.1 ± 13.9 | 29.2 ± 4.9 | 12.3 ± 9.4 | 5.6 ± 4.4 | 0.98 (0.96, − 0.98) | 15.1 | 3.8 |