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Intra and Inter Examiner Reliability Study for the Characteristics of Evaluation of the SA201

Abstract

Francois Auger, Alain Steve Comtois and Richard ROY

Introduction: There is no published account of the reliability of the percussion technology on human participants. Our goal was to measure the reliability of the instrument’s analysis protocol on an inert substance and on human participants with expert and novice evaluators.

Method: 15 participants were evaluated by six evaluators, three experienced and three novices.

Results: No participants were excluded from the analysis, based on the NDI, ODI and BMI. Even if the global result from the durometer testing were surprising in their range, the effect size score for the pre and post value on the durometer indicate very good reliability.

Conclusion: The intra-evaluator reliability is very good when testing on the durometer but less predominant when evaluating the participant. In addition a novice chiropractor can use the instrument with a certain degree of ability that will develop over time if he uses this technology on a regular basis.