Abstract
[Purpose] To examine the reproducibility of the measured values of the seated continuous dorsiflexion test, a test we designed. [Subjects] There were 16 subjects (1 male, 15 females) in the intra-rater reproducibility test, and 14 (2 males, 12 females) in the inter-rater reproducibility test; all subjects were aged 65 or over. [Methods] Measurements for the intra-rater reproducibility were performed by one examiner on two days separated by two or more days. Measurements for the inter-rater reproducibility were performed by two examiners on each of the subjects. The intra- and inter-rater reproducibilities were assessed using the intra-class correlation coefficients, ICC(1,1) and ICC(2,1), respectively. [Results] For intra-rater reproducibility, ICC(1,1) was 0.915, and for inter-rater reproducibility, ICC(2,1) was 0.932. [Conclusion] The reproducibility of our test was good, and we consider it will be useful in clinical practice as it is easy and safe to perform.
