Research Article

The Reliability of Pharyngeal High Resolution Manometry with Impedance for Derivation of Measures of Swallowing Function in Healthy Volunteers

Table 2

Interrater reliability of all rater combinations for the 1st analysis of the Primary and Repeat Studies. Data are average ICC [range ICC].

ICC for All Rater Combinations
Primary Study
(1st analysis)
Repeat Study
(1st analysis)

Contractility
 PhPP0.98 [0.95–1.00]0.95 [0.78–1.00]
 PhCI0.97 [0.92–1.00]0.74 [0.31–1.00]
 hPP0.93 [0.77–1.00]0.87 [0.73–0.98]
 UBP0.99 [0.97–1.00]0.99 [0.96–1.00]
 UPP0.96 [0.86–1.00]0.92 [0.70–1.00]
 UCI0.88 [0.66–0.98]0.84 [0.38–1.00]
Intrabolus pressure
 PhIBP1.00 [0.99–1.00]0.97 [0.87–1.00]
 hIBP0.98 [0.89–1.00]0.98 [0.87–1.00]
 UIRP0.99 [0.95–1.00]0.97 [0.91–1.00]
Flow timing
 PhDCL0.98 [0.93–1.00]0.92 [0.75–1.00]
 hDCL0.93 [0.76–1.00] 0.77 [0.11–1.00]
 hFI0.99 [0.98–1.00]0.98 [0.93–1.00]
Global function
 Swallow Risk Index1.00 [0.99–1.00]0.94 [0.75–1.00]