Research Article

Experienced versus Inexperienced Interexaminer Reliability on Location and Classification of Myofascial Trigger Point Palpation to Diagnose Lateral Epicondylalgia: An Observational Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Correlation analysis between presence of relevant MTrPs, forearm pain level, and LE medical diagnosis.

Presence of relevant MTrPs in EDC and/or ECRBLE diagnosis
Cramer’s V Coefficient ( value)
Presence of forearm pain
Cramer’s V Coefficient ( value)

E.10.541 ()0.684 ()
E.20.459 ()0.606 ()
E.30.022 ()0.135 ()

TrP: myofascial trigger point; E.1, E.2: expert evaluators on myofascial diagnosis; E.3: evaluator without experience on myofascial diagnosis; ECRB: extensor carpi radialis brevis; EDC: extensor digitorum communis; LE: lateral epicondylalgia; () = Value < 0.001.