Relative and Absolute Interrater Reliabilities of a Hand-Held Myotonometer to Quantify Mechanical Muscle Properties in Patients with Acute Stroke in an Inpatient Ward

Table 3

A summary of absolute reliability indexes. SEM: standard error measurement; SRD: smallest real difference.

Muscles	Parameters	Affected		Nonaffected		Affected		Nonaffected
		SEM	SEM%	SEM	SEM%	SRD	SRD%	SRD	SRD%
Biceps brachii	Frequency (Hz)	0.49	3.73%	0.45	3.31%	1.14	8.71%	1.06	7.71%
	Decrement	0.08	6.22%	0.07	6.19%	0.18	14.50%	0.17	14.45%
	Stiffness (N/m)	10.11	4.70%	9.35	4.21%	23.60	10.97%	21.81	9.82%
	Creep	0.07	4.57%	0.06	4.39%	0.16	10.66%	0.15	10.23%
Brachioradialis	Frequency (Hz)	0.48	2.85%	0.61	3.55%	1.12	6.65%	1.43	8.28%
	Decrement	0.11	7.59%	0.10	7.61%	0.26	17.72%	0.23	17.76%
	Stiffness (N/m)	20.20	6.18%	15.78	4.96%	47.15	14.43%	36.83	11.58%
	Creep	0.05	4.56%	0.06	5.71%	0.11	10.63%	0.14	13.32%
Rectus femoris	Frequency (Hz)	0.73	4.92%	0.30	2.00%	1.71	11.47%	0.70	4.68%
	Decrement	0.19	11.77%	0.07	4.02%	0.45	27.46%	0.16	9.38%
	Stiffness (N/m)	18.19	6.18%	6.42	2.16%	42.46	14.41%	14.98	5.05%
	Creep	0.07	5.67%	0.04	3.05%	0.17	13.23%	0.09	7.13%
Tibialis anterior	Frequency (Hz)	0.63	3.46%	0.88	4.52%	1.47	8.08%	2.05	10.56%
	Decrement	0.14	12.22%	0.17	14.03%	0.33	28.51%	0.39	32.73%
	Stiffness (N/m)	14.76	4.15%	19.60	5.15%	34.44	9.69%	45.73	12.02%
	Creep	0.05	5.16%	0.05	5.09%	0.13	12.04%	0.11	11.87%