Quantifying the Elasticity Properties of the Median Nerve during the Upper Limb Neurodynamic Test 1

Table 1

Intra- and interoperator reliabilities of SWE for assessing the shear modulus of the median nerve.

	Variant	Test 1st (kPa)	Test 2nd (kPa)	95% CI	SEM (kPa)	MDC (kPa)	ICC
Intraoperator reliability	NP			0.58–0.86	10.54	29.21	0.75
	CCF+WE			0.53–0.84	33.19	91.99	0.72
		Operator A	Operator B	95% CI	SEM	MDC	ICC
Interoperator reliability	NP			0.90–0.97	5.44	15.07	0.94
	CCF+WE			0.79–0.94	20.64	57.21	0.89

ICC: intraclass correlation coefficient; CI: confidence interval; SEM (kPa): standard error of measurement of kPa; MDC (kPa): minimal detectable change; SD (kPa): standard deviation of kPa; kPa: kilo Pascal; NP: neutral posture; CCF+WE: contralateral cervical flexion+wrist extension.