Validation and Test-Retest Reliability of New Thermographic Technique Called Thermovision Technique of Dry Needling for Gluteus Minimus Trigger Points in Sciatica Subjects and TrPs-Negative Healthy Volunteers

Table 10

Validity and reliability of TTDN components for isothermal-area changes.

Isothermal-area	TTDN phases	Area	Sensitivity [%]	Specificity [%]	Mean [%]	Min [%]	Max [%]	PPV [%]	ICC
AURP (above )	After DN	Thigh	100	100	21.2	0.6	41.8	100	0.689	0.938
		Calf	100	100	4.8	−3.5	13.1	100	0.778	0.956
	After observ.	Thigh	100	100	26.4	0.6	52.2	100	0.644	0.929
		Calf	100	100	6.6	−4.4	17.7	100	0.778	0.956
Below	After DN	Thigh	100	0.0	7.58	−52.7	67.8	50.0	0.778	0.656
		Calf	100	20.0	3.37	−40.7	47.4	77.8	0.556	0.707
	After observ.	Thigh	100	0.0	1.02	−59.7	61.8	50.0	0.778	0.656
		Calf	100	75.0	−0.59	−41.9	40.7	87.5	0.511	0.827
Below +; above	After DN	Thigh	100	22.2	28.8	−29.3	86.9	68.2	0.578	0.696
		Calf	100	37.0	8.19	−13.6	62.8	77.8	0.578	0.782
	After observ.	Thigh	100	0.0	19.87	−5.5	45.3	48.3	0.733	0.643
		Calf	100	78.2	6.05	−12.7	57.6	79.4	0.644	0.847